Mogadishu — The spokesman of the African Union troops based in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, revealed on Saturday that they would play no roles in safeguarding the country's national reconciliation conference expected to happen in few hours time.
Captain Paddy Ankunda said, in an interview with Shabelle, that because of the small number of the AU troops that are based in Mogadishu's international seaport and airport at the center of the capital they would not be able to provide security.
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