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Somali security forces will not be able to replace African troops until the international community provides “predictable” funding for their training, according to the United Nations.
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said the African Union plans to open an office in the capital, Mogadishu, where security has improved since Islamist rebels were driven out by African troops last year.
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Somali political leaders agreed on a draft constitution as a step toward elections to be held in less than two months to replace a transitional government, said Augustine Mahiga, the United Nations’ representative to the country.
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The United Nations said it regretted the decision by Somalia’s transitional government to extend its mandate for another three years beyond August.
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Somalia swore in a parliament in time for a deadline to transition to a permanent government, while failing to elect a speaker and president to start the 16th attempt at establishing a national authority since 1991.
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The United Nations is set to establish a political presence in Somalia for the first time in 17 years, aimed at creating a new constitution and government, the world body’s top envoy to the African nation said.
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Somalia’s transitional government should go in August when its mandate expires, said U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg .
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The United Nations called on Somalia’s transitional government to hold presidential elections before its term was scheduled to expire in August. The government extended its mandate by a year last month.
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The withdrawal by rebel forces from Somalia’s capital may offer residents of the war-torn country some respite from a famine that threatens almost half its 7.5 million people.
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Somalia’s internationally backed Transitional Federal Government should be replaced by a new body before its mandate expires in August, said the United Nations special representative for the country.
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