AU seeks funding for Somalia peacekeeping mission

Mogadishu 01, March.07 ( Sh.M.Network) The African Union (AU) appealed today for urgent funding to activate a peacekeeping mission aimed at stabilising Somalia where an insurgency is brewing after a war over the New Year.

Advance team of African peacekeepers arrives in Somalia, says official

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The advance team of an African peacekeeping force to Somalia arrived unannounced in the country on Thursday, said a senior police officer.

Navy ready to support rescue of hijacked ship

U.S. warships are operating in waters near a U.N. cargo vessel that has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia, but Navy commanders have not been formally asked to assist in any rescue, a Navy spokesman said Wednesday.

Ugandan troops head for Somalia

KAMPALA — Ugandan military officials were in talks with some of the warlords in Somalia ahead of the country’s deployment of peacekeepers, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said.