African summit ends still short on Somalia force
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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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The Security Council urged the  African Union on Friday to quickly send peacekeepers to Somalia  so that Ethiopia could withdraw its forces and the government  could lift its emergency security measures.
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The African Union will go ahead with a  fact-finding mission to Somalia on Monday to size up security  before a bigger African peace mission, officials said on  Sunday.
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Leaders of the African Union begin a three-day summit here Sunday focused on plans to forge a confederation of states that can help the world&#39;s poorest continent exercise greater clout on the world stage.
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African leaders were due to declare a joint vision Tuesday on how their continent should be governed at the end of a summit focused on forging a closer union which exposed rifts over the pace of change.
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A summit of African leaders in Libya seeks a solution to the crisis in the Sudanese region of Darfur.
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The U.N. and African Union chief executives on Wednesday resolved a dispute over command of a proposed joint military force to help end bloodshed in Darfur, but the deal still must be approved by their organizations' security councils and Sudan's government.
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The United States of Africa. It's one of few concrete plans African leaders agreed on as they struggled with issues of peacekeeping and political disputes at this week's continental summit.
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Somalia's government has ruled out peace talks with the country's powerful Islamic movement, citing truce violations, heightening fears of an all-out war in the shattered African nation.
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A national reconciliation conference ended Thursday after more than a month of discussions on how to combat extremism and enact good governance in Somalia, which has been torn apart by a bloody insurgency.
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In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed Wednesday to come to each other's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit failed to muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban ...Comment
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Newly-elected Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed asked the African Union to deploy up to 20,000 troops in his country to help disarm tens of thousands of factional fighters and restore stability to a state devastated by more than a decade of lawlessness.
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An African Union military delegation has arrived in Somalia for a three-day mission to assess security before the planned deployment of a peacekeeping force, an official said Sunday.
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DAR ES SALAAM : African leaders gathered for their latest summit on conflict in Burundi, held in the wake of a massacre of Tutsi refugees for which Burundi&#39;s last active Hutu rebel group claimed responsibility.
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Negotiators for Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed interim government held peace talks Sunday with delegates from an increasingly powerful Islamic militia that controls most of the country's south, including the capital.
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A national conference to help heal the wounds of 16 years of conflict in Somalia has again been postponed because some delegates will not arrive in time and the venue is not ready, a top official said Wednesday.
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An African Union summit devoted to integration ended on Tuesday without agreement on a firm timetable on the establishment of a government for the continent after deep division emerged among leaders.