AU to send 4,000 troops to Somalia, change of mandate still under consideration: AU commission chairman

July 28, 2010 by legitgov

AU to send 4,000 troops to Somalia, change of mandate still under consideration: AU commission chairman 28 Jul 2010 The African Union (AU) will send an additional 4,000 troops to Somalia while the change of the peacekeeping mandate is still under consideration, the African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping told a press conference on Tuesday after the closing of the AU summit. Jean Ping said that half of the 4,000 troops will be from the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) and the rest will be from Guinea and Djibouti.

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