| Frank Nyakairu |
| MUNYONYO Friday, June 01, 2007 advertisements THE United Nations, World Bank and other non state actors in Somalia have called for more peacekeeping troops to be sent to Somalia ahead of a National Reconciliation Congress. The organisations which have earmarked $2.3billion for reconstruction of war torn Somalia say they can not start work without reconciliation. “The Ugandan troops’ approach is very good but the troops are not enough with more neutral troops acceptable to both conflicting sides there will be a bigger chance for peace in Somalia,” said Chris Lovelace – World Bank country manager for Somalia. Lovelace also said that the June 14 reconciliation conference “must ensure that representation for all the stake holders is respected, if it is not, the there will not be any desired outcome for peace.” Over 60 officials from Somalia and elsewhere are attending the meeting in Kampala. Ethiopian troops are helping the government fight an insurgency but say they will leave when the AU force is at least half its planned strength of 8,000. There are currently 1,600 Ugandan Source: Daily Monitor, June 01, 2007 |