(SomaliNet) African Union mission representatives who reached Somalia capital Mogadishu yesterday met on Monday officials of the transitional federal government over the deployment of the AU peacekeepers in Somalia. Uganda troops, the first AU peace keeping forces are on their way to Mogadishu where violence is escalating and forced many residents to flee their houses in fear of mortar and artelary fires exchanging by the Ethiopian backed interim government troops and insurgent groups. The Ugandan forces are expected to arrive Mogadishu on Monday sources say.
Speaking to the reporters, Adde Gabow, the mayor of Mogadishu said that the arrival of the eight-member AU mission in the capital is related to final assessment on the situation in Somalia for deployment of African troops. The African Union set the Ugandan mission for the tasks of the peacekeeping forces in Somalia that will enable the transitional government to establish the security. |