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Uganda parliament votes to send troops to Somalia
13 Feb 2007 13:47:12 GMT
Source: Reuters
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KAMPALA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Uganda's parliament on Tuesday voted unanimously in favour of sending 1,500 peacekeeping troops to Somalia as part of an African Union mission. Parliamentary Speaker Edward Ssekandi said 155 members of parliament voted in favour with no abstentions.

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Ugandan soldiers board an Algerian Air Force plane which will transport them to the Somali capital of Mogadishu, at Entebbe airport, March 9, 2007. Ethiopian troops withdrew from the southern city of Kismayu, leaving it in the hands of Somalia's interim government until African Union peacekeepers arrive, an official said on Friday.


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