RAIDERS ON THE HORN
Summary here.
Chaos abides.
The number of Somalis uprooted by fighting in their own country has hit a “staggering” one million, with nearly 200,000 streaming out of the capital in the past two weeks alone, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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n a separate development, Mogadishu’s mayor ordered on Tuesday the closure of all independent radio stations in the city in response to a 24-hour strike by broadcasters protesting earlier crackdowns on fellow stations.
Also on Tuesday, Burundi delayed the deployment of 825 peacekeepers to join African Union forces in Somalia, which so far only number 1,600 Ugandans.
Burundian army spokesman Adolphe Manirakiza said the first batch of soldiers would not go until the AU and Burundi signed an agreement stipulating terms of deployment.
And in Nairobi, police deported some 50 Somalis back to Mogadishu, after denying them asylum. Muslim rights groups complained the move violated humanitarian law. Article
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