David Cameron offers help in training and logistics for UN and African Union peacekeepers in attempt to foster ‘less terrorism and migration’
A Somali woman passes an African Union peacekeeper from Uganda. Photograph: Ibrahim Elmi/EPA
Muqdisho, 28 September 2015: Hundreds of British troops will be deployed to Somalia and South Sudan to train African peacekeeping forces in order to foster “less terrorism and less migration”,David Cameron has said.
The prime minister said he was offering forces to United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) missions to help tackle conflicts that are facilitating the rise of terrorist groups in Somalia and prompting mass migration from South Sudan, where 2 million people have been displaced by the battle between the government and rebels.
About 70 members of the military personnel will be offered to help in Somalia, where a peacekeeping unit is present to tackle the threat of the Islamist group al-Shabaab. They will not be involved in combat operations but will help train AU forces in areas including logistics, engineering and medical aid.
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Source:The Guardian
