Uganda said on Friday it was ready to send 1,500 peacekeepers to Somalia as the vanguard of a planned African Union force, but was waiting to finalise its mandate and get air transport. Near-daily attacks by insurgents in Mogadishu have spurred calls for a speedy AU deployment to replace Ethiopian troops who helped Somalia’s interim government oust Islamist fighters in a December war — but who are hated by many Somalis. Ful l Story
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