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African peacekeepers to be deployed to Somalia within a month: Ethiopia

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin has expressed confidence that a long-awaited African Union peacekeeping force would be deployed to war-torn Somalia within the month. A day after AU leaders wrapped up a summit in the Ethiopian capital, Mesfin told reporters the 8,000-strong mission would replace Ethiopian troops due to return home shortly and thus avoid a security vacuum in the lawless nation. Full Story