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US Troops 'On Kenya-Somali Border Watch'

The Nation (Nairobi)

August 19, 2004
Posted to the web August 19, 2004

Kevin J Kelley
New York

American troops are helping their Kenyan counterparts to patrol the Somalia border, the commander of its task force in the Horn has said.
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Somalia: Swear in the Remaining MPs, US Urges
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks

August 24, 2004
Posted to the web August 24, 2004

Nairobi

A day after Somali leaders inaugurated a new parliament in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, the United States urged the participants in Somali reconciliation talks to name the remainder of the 275 members of the parliament who were not sworn into office.

The US government said it was encouraged by the swearing-in of most MPs, calling it an "important step toward the re-establishment of effective governance and stability in Somalia". But it expressed concern that some MPs had not yet been selected.

"We urge the Somali participants to work in an inclusive manner to quickly resolve the remaining differences blocking the swearing-in of the remaining members," the US said in a statement.

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Each of Somalia's four major clans was allocated 61 seats in the proposed parliament, while an alliance of minority clans was awarded 31 MPs. A speaker and two deputy speakers to be elected from among the MPs will preside over the election of the president, who will in turn appoint a prime minister to form a government.

The UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, welcomed the inauguration of the transitional parliament describing it as "the beginning of a long-awaited reconciliation" in Somalia. Annan reiterated the UN's readiness to continue supporting the peace process.

Somalia has been without an effective government since 1991 when the overthrow of the regime of Muhammad Siyad Barre plunged the country into anarchy and factional violence.

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