Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed will on Monday request the African Union (AU) to deploy around 20,000 peacekeepers to the Horn of Africa country to help disarm militias and restore stability, an AU spokesman said.
"The president on Monday will make an official request for a peacekeeping force of around 20,000 troops to help disarm the warlords in Somalia," spokesman Adam Thiam told reporters in Addis Ababa.
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