African leaders mull Somali force
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African leaders consider requests to contribute to a peacekeeping force for Somalia at the AU summit.
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The United States asked the U.N. Security Council on Friday to help prop up Somalia's shaky government with an African peacekeeping force that would exclude troops from bordering states such as Ethiopia.
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BAIDOA, Somalia  - Somalia's government on Monday said it was lining up peacekeeping forces as the interim administration and Islamist rivals sought a diplomatic way to avert a war that many fear could engulf the region.
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Uganda's president says his soldiers being deployed to Somalia will play a supportive role but will not impose peace.
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The African Union vowed on Wednesday to continue deploying peacekeepers in Somalia, brushing aside threats from an Islamist commander and an ambush of its troops in the lawless capital.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Three battalions of peacekeepers from Uganda and Nigeria will be airlifted as soon as possible into Somalia amid rising violence that threatens the government's grip on power, an African Union official said yesterday.
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Declaring that Somalia is at "a critical crossroads," Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Thursday urged U.N. peacekeepers to take over from a small African Union force in the country's capital to help restore security and deal with terrorism.
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Backed by the African Union,  Somalia's government appealed to the United Nations on Friday  to send a peacekeeping force there, but the Security Council  delayed a response until next month, diplomats said.
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East African leaders pushed ahead on   Tuesday with a contested plan to send peacekeepers to Somalia,   despite a military deal between the country's rival powers that   appeared to block foreign intervention.
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An African summit ended on  Wednesday with a proposed peacekeeping force for Somalia still  lacking firm commitments for thousands of troops.
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Somalia's interim government welcomed a U.S. proposal at the U.N. Security Council to deploy east African peacekeepers, but the newly powerful Islamists who have seized control of most of the country rejected it.
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Somalia's new president  asks the African Union to send 20,000 peacekeepers to secure the country.
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Both sides in the Somali conflict play down the significance of a deadline by Islamists for an attack.
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Islamists and opposition leaders meet in Eritrea to forge a common front against Somalia's government.
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The UN Security Council approves the deployment of an African peacekeeping force to tackle unrest in Somalia.
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Somalia's prime minister urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to send peacekeepers to his country, but council members told him they wanted to see political progress toward peace first.
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Violence in Somalia could spill over into the greater Horn of Africa region if the government does not receive urgent help in bringing about peace and stability, President Abdullahi Yusuf said on Monday.