Uganda: Country Sends Diplomats to Help Mediate Somalia Peace

Mogadishu — Uganda has sent diplomats to Somalia to help mediate a peace deal between the country's embattled transitional government and its opponents., the diplomatic initiative is occurring amid Ugandan warnings that the country's 1,500 troops may withdraw from Somalia unless other nations contribute peacekeeping forces to help stabilize the country.

An advisor to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Aggrey Awori, tells VOA the president sent a three-person delegation to Somalia several days ago to spearhead efforts to reconcile the country's warring political factions.

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