Displaced families participate in a protest outside their camp near Somalia's capital Mogadishu, July 15, 2008. Hundreds of displaced Somali women and children on Tuesday protested outside their camps near the capital Mogadishu over recent killings and kidnappings of aid workers in their war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation. REUTERS/Mowlid Abdi (SOMALIA) From Yahoo News/Reuters:
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The African Union said on Wednesday it was incapable of stabilizing the situation in Somalia and urged the United Nations take over peacekeeping operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country.
"Despite all sacrifices of its leaders and elements, AMISOM is unable to fulfill its mandate because its strength is obviously grossly incommensurate to the scope of real challenges on the ground," AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra told the U.N. Security Council.
"The mission faces severe lack of funding and logistic support," he said.
AMISOM, the AU peacekeeping force in Somalia, has authorized the deployment of 8,000 troops but has only 2,600 on the ground at present, he said.
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FACTBOX-Violence targeting aid workers in Somalia -- Reuters
Opinion: Somalia: Time to Pay Attention -- Middle East Online
My Comment: Twenty-Five years ago the children of the Horn of Africa were starving on mass. Today .... these same children are now adults and are pursuing a policy that is far worse than what their parents did. Billions of dollars in aid. The sacrifice of countless soldiers and aid workers. For what?
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