Somalia renews call for foreign peacekeepers
Somalia’s transitional government has renewed a call for foreign peacekeepers in the lawless nation, setting the stage for a new fight in parliament where members physically attacked each other during debate on the matter last year. The step taken at the weekend by prime minister Ali Mohamed Gedi’s fledging and largely powerless administration endorses the deployment of troops from Sudan and Uganda as part of a new National Security Plan, officials said. Full Story