Somalia to get AU peacekeepers
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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 transitional government urged the Security Council on Friday to speed up its planning for the possible deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force to replace African Union troops in the war-wracked nation.
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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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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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The United States expects to unveil this week a draft Security Council resolution authorizing African peacekeepers to help prop up Somalia's shaky interim government, U.N. diplomats said on Monday.
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The African Union vowed Wednesday it would not be deterred from sending troops to Somalia, despite a call by a firebrand Somali Islamist commander for an uprising against them.
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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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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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Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed on Monday said a deployment of Ugandan troops to Somalia, the first members of an 8,000-strong African Union peacekeeping force, should begin this week.
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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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Sudan has agreed to accept non-military support from the United Nations for the African Union peacekeeping force in its war-torn Darfur region, a top AU official said after talks in Nigeria.
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The UN special envoy for Somalia on Monday urged that the African Union (AU) contingent in the war-torn Horn of Africa country be beefed up and that a government of national unity be set up.
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The African Union agreed Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police to monitor efforts to end violence that has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
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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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The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned attacks against African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia and urged all Somali parties to foster an &quot;inclusive political process.&quot;
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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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The UN Security Council has unanimously approved the deployment of an African Union peacekeeping force to Somalia, which could be followed in six months by a UN force.