Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Africa demanded that the UN declare a blockade of Somalia.

SyuzhetyBorba with the Islamists in Somalia Somali18.04.2009V put shariatShest East African States appealed to the UN to declare an air and sea blockade of Somalia, reports AFP. They need to justify its demand to stop arms deliveries Islamists who are trying to overthrow the legitimate government of the country.
The solution will address the UN was adopted in Addis Ababa for talks participants in the Intergovernmental Agency on Development (Intergovernmental Authority on Development), which includes in addition to Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan, Kenya and Uganda. The meeting was organized as a matter of urgency, as well as revitalization of the Islamists in Somalia threatens the security of neighboring states, the publication Africasia.
Over the past two weeks in Somalia more than a hundred people were killed and 43 thousand were forced to flee their homes. The East African bloc have called for armed intervention to protect the Somali government, but Ethiopia has refused to send troops again after withdrew its troops from Somalia in early 2009.
Previously, the leadership of the African Union urged the UN to deploy in Somalia, a full-fledged peacekeeping mission, but in the UN Security Council believes that the conditions for the mission had not yet emerged as the country's ongoing battle.
The civil war in Somalia has continued since 1991. In 2004, with support from the international community had formed a transitional government, which however does not control much of the country. Even in the capital, Mogadishu control authorities does not extend to all areas of the city.

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