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[Published: Tuesday June 16 2009]

African Union condemns foreign fighters in Somalia

Addis Ababa, 16 June-(ANA)-The African Union (AU) has condemned foreign jihadists in Somalia who are helping local Islamist insurgents undermine the peace and reconciliation process in the country.

AU peace and security council chairman Sherif Mohamed Zene said the Union also accepted Ethiopia’s denial that it had sent troops across the border to counter the rebels.

International concern has been rising this year at the presence of foreign fighters among Islamist rebels fighting President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's government and AU peacekeepers.

Addis Ababa sent thousands of troops across the border in 2006 to topple an Islamist movement ruling Mogadishu and most of the south. It withdrew them earlier this year, and has denied persistent reports of incursions.(ANA)

FA/ANA/16 June 2009---

 


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