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African countries slam UN over Somalia war Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 African countries within the UN security council have broken ranks and criticised the organisation's powerful organ for no action taken regarding the ravaging war in Somalia. This came after the council adopted a resolution that renews its authorisation of the African Union (AU) Mission in Somalia known as Amisom. The resolution however falls short of making any intervention in the crisis troubling that country. In February this year, the security council gave the AU a green light to establish a peacekeeping mission in Somalia for a period of six months, to quell the war crippling that country and create conducive climate for a negotiated settlement between the rival groups. The council further committed itself to taking over the Somalia mission at the end of the AU deployment. Six months have now elapsed - with the AU having made little impact on the escalating crises. However, the security council is not about to deploy any troops in that country. Instead, it adopted a resolution that extends its authorisation of the rather struggling African Union force there for another six months. South Africa's Ambassador to the Security Council says they are disappointed. Full Article : sabcnews.com |
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