[dehai-news] (GO) Somali 'president' visits Ethiopia


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From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Tue Jul 07 2009 - 17:25:06 EDT


Somalia president visits Libya, stopover in Ethiopia

6 Jul 6, 2009 - 5:50:05 PM
 
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia July 6 (Garowe Online) - The president of
Somalia's transitional federal government, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, has
arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa after attending the African
Union summit in Libya, Radio Garowe reports.
 
President Sheikh Sharif attended the AU Summit in Sirte, Libya, where he
pushed for changing the mandate of AU peacekeepers (AMISOM) in Mogadishu
to use force against insurgents
 
The Reuters news agency reported that the AU summit did not adopt that
proposal, but condemned the insurgency, pledged support for the
government and called for sanctions on Eritrea, a Horn of Africa country
accused of aiding Somali insurgents.
 
Mr. Said Yusuf, the Somali ambassador to Ethiopia, told the BBC Somali
Service that President Sheikh Sharif held a number of meetings in Addis
Ababa, including discussions with ambassadors and envoys from China,
Kenya, Sweden and the European Union.
 
Meanwhile, the latest bout of fighting killed upwards of 30 people last
week in Mogadishu, where the 4,200-strong AMISOM peacekeeping force is
protecting government officials and important installations.
 
AU member states pledged to boost the AMISOM force to the planned force
of 8,000 peacekeepers, but no countries have forwarded troop
contributions so far.
 
Islamist hardliners led by Al Shabaab faction have vowed to overthrow
President Sheikh Sharif's interim government, which they accuse of being
backed by the West.
 
The hardliners have demanded the withdrawal of AMISOM peacekeepers and
the installation of an Islamic government in Somalia.
 
Source: Garowe Online
 
http://www.garowe.com/
 

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