Official: EU set to support expanded Somali force

San Diego Union-Tribune Monday 20th February, 2012

BRUSSELS -; The European Union is willing to help pay for more African Union peacekeepers in Somalia in an effort to clear al-Shabab militants from the country, a senior official said Monday. The official, who could not be named under EU rules, said the bloc is prepared to provide "significant new resources" to help fund the force, and to help ...

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