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HORN OF AFRICA
IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-Up 366
3 - 9 March 2007


CONTENTS:

SOMALIA: 'We'll fight back if attacked,' AU troops say
SOMALIA: AU troops arrive in Mogadishu as exodus continues
SUDAN: UN condemns killing of AU soldiers in Darfur

See also:
ETHIOPIA: Making the most of emergency aid at:
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=70570


SOMALIA: 'We'll fight back if attacked,' AU troops say

Peacekeepers deployed by the African Union (AU) to Mogadishu, Somalia's 
capital, will fight back if they are attacked by the insurgents who 
launched strikes near the airport on Tuesday, the communication 
specialist in the peace and security department of the AU Mission in 
Somalia (AMISOM), Assane Ba, said.

"The attacks could force a review [of operations], but right now getting 
the troops in is not the problem," Ba said in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian 
capital. About "350 Ugandan troops arrived on Tuesday and we expect more 
to be deployed in the next few days".

[Full report 
[http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=70549]


SOMALIA: AU troops arrive in Mogadishu as exodus continues

The first African Union (AU) peacekeepers arrived on Tuesday in 
Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, even as more people continue to leave the 
city for security reasons, local sources said.

"The first four cargo planes carrying the first contingent of Ugandan 
troops have landed and we are expecting more," Salad Ali Jeele, the 
deputy Defence Minister of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of 
Somalia, told IRIN on Tuesday.

Full report 
[http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=70524]


SUDAN: UN condemns killing of AU soldiers in Darfur

NAIROBI, 7 March 2007 (IRIN) - The United Nations Mission in Sudan 
(UNMIS) on Wednesday condemned the killing of two soldiers serving in 
the African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled western 
region of Darfur, stressing that attacks against AU personnel 
constituted a grave violation of international law.

According to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), the two soldiers 
were abducted and subsequently killed in the town of Gereida, South 
Darfur, on 5 March.

Full report 
[http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=70553]


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