Somalia and South Sudan - Britain Enters the Fray

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Britain has a grand plan to fix the refugee crisis, alleviate poverty and stabilise east Africa - and, sure enough, it involves more wars in more foreign lands. Prime Minister David Cameron is sending troops to 'advise' in Somalia and South Sudan, believing this will make all the difference. However, even at face value, his logic is flawed. By SIMON ALLISON.

In New York, at a special meeting on global peacekeeping on the fringes of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a major new foreign policy initiative: Britain would contribute hundreds of troops to international peacekeeping missions in Somalia and South Sudan.

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