Africa:   South Africa to Deploy Troops to Somalia?

Monitor, 16 August 2010

The South African cabinet is due to meet on Wednesday to consider deploying its forces to bolster the African Union troops in Mogadishu, the UK press reported yesterday. Read more »

Somalia:   To Intervene or Not

Institute of Security Studies, 20 August 2010

On 23 July 2010, just before the African Union Summit in Kampala, the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping said that he had asked countries such as South Africa, Angola, Nigeria,… Read more »

South Africa:   Nation to Keep Peace in Somalia 'If Zuma Orders'

Business Day, 4 August 2010

DESPITE being stretched on peacekeeping missions elsewhere in Africa, the South African National Defence Force would be prepared to send troops to Somalia if President Jacob Zuma… Read more »

South Africa:   Country Must Call the Shots or Walk Away From Somalia

Business Day, 3 August 2010

THE recent African Union (AU) summit in Kampala saw SA come under significant pressure to send troops to bolster Ugandan and Burundian peacekeepers in Somalia. African leaders,… Read more »

South Africa:   Minister Warns of 'Terror' Threat for Joining AU Forces

Business Day, 30 July 2010

SA could become vulnerable to the type of terrorist bomb attacks that rocked Kampala during the World Cup in protest against Uganda's military involvement in Somalia, Defence… Read more »