 The United States is ready to contribute air support to an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, a leading official said Monday. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer told AFP that she had made the offer during talks on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa with the head of the AU commission Alpha Oumar Konare. “We are ready to provide airlift and contracting airplanes for the African peacekeeping force in Somalia,” she said. “We already discussed that with Uganda, and I discussed with chairman Konare. A verbal note has been addressed to the AU about the support we are ready to provide and the help we can provide to that force,” she added. |