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AU extends Somalia mandate, will impose sanctions (AP)

 
AP - The African Union will keep its peacekeeping force in Somalia for two more months, an official said, but there was little hope of deploying extra soldiers before Ethiopian troops pull out at the end of the year. (link)

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