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Somalia: 400 AU Troops Arrive in Mogadishu - Sources


 

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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

11 October 2008
Posted to the web 11 October 2008

Mogadishu

Up to 400 African Union (AU) peacekeepers arrived on Saturday in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital according to sources close to AMISOM troops.

"A two cargo planes carrying the contingent of Burundian troops have landed and they are expected to join their colleagues at Former nation university," AU officer told Shabelle Saturday by phone.

The officer, who was at Mogadishu International Airport to meet the troops, said a ceremony would be held to welcome the Burundians.

As Shabelle made contact with AMISOM spokesman Brigye Bohoku he rejected to give further details on the arrival of the troops.

The AU mission, AMISOM, is guarding sites in the chaotic Somali capital where a U.N.-backed interim government and its Ethiopian military allies are fighting Islamist insurgents.

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The multinational African force was supposed to be 8,000 strong but has been operating for months with 2,200 soldiers, all from Uganda and Burundi.


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