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AU aims to restore stability in Somalia

IOL: "Mogadishu - Ten Nigerian army officers arrived on Thursday to assess conditions ahead of a troop deployment to bolster an undermanned African Union peacekeeping force, an official said.

The officers held talks with officials from the embattled Somali government and African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) in the capital Mogadishu, where security forces are battling Islamist rebels."

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