Monday, 28 September 2015

AU Peacekeeping - Britain To Deploy Troops To Africa!

Britain is expected to get more involved in new peacekeeping 
commitments by sending an estimated number of 70 troops 
to Somalia to reinforce African Union peacekeepers currently 
fighting al-Shabab, the Islamist extremist group operating 
there and in parts of Kenya. 
In like manner, over 200 troops is expected to be sent to 
South Sudan to help with fallout from the country’s civil war, 
which has displaced about million people and contributed to 
refugee crisis in Europe.
This development is coming from pressure mounted 
on 50 nations by the United States, to contribute 
more to international peacekeeping efforts either by 
dispatching boots on the ground or with medical and 
intelligence support. 
British Prime Minister David Cameron, disclosed this
on Monday September 28, ahead of the  much anticipated 
United Nations summit on peacekeeping which will 
be co-hosted by  U.S President, Barack Obama.


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