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Keep the peace, don’t enforce it, African Union tells Amisom

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Amison peacekeepers from Uganda guard Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed in Mogadishu. Photo/FILE

Amison peacekeepers from Uganda guard Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed in Mogadishu. Photo/FILE 

By MICHAEL WAKABI  (email the author)
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Posted  Monday, February 15  2010 at  00:00

At the heart of AU’s fears is the possibility of a drawn-out conflict similar to that in Afghanistan and Iraq. Africa lacks the resources to back such an undertaking.

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  1. Submitted by bujumbura12
    Posted February 16, 2010 06:22 AM

    There`s no peace to keep in Somalia. Africa should now rise up and accept responsibility for solving African problems themselves, rather than waiting for America to do it. Peace enforcement is the only alternative left. Americans have failed in Afghanistan because they`re foreighners. Africans know how to deal with fellow Africans

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