Fikirka Xorta ah - Jendayi Frazer held separate meetings with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein at the airport in Kenya's capital, Nairobi Monday.There was no immediate word on what was discussed.
President Yusuf attempted to fire the prime minister a little over a week ago. The prime minister rejected the move, and the Somali parliament voted to support Mr. Hussein the next day. However, a group of about 80 lawmakers today declared that the vote was illegal.
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African Union holding talks on Somalia chaos
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The African Union is holding talks on the violent chaos in Somalia.
The AU says its peace and security council is discussing Monday how to boost the group's peacekeeping force in the country.
The AU has fewer than 3,000 peacekeepers in Somalia — there are meant to be 8,000.
Ethiopia has troops in the country protecting the weak Somali government, but it recently announced it would withdraw by the end of this month. That will leave the government vulnerable to Islamic insurgents, who began a brutal insurgency in 2007.
Somalia's lawlessness also has allowed piracy to flourish off the coast.
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