Somalia conference set to start as world leaders plan higher military presence
LONDONMore boots on the ground, proposed attacks from the air, and a warning from Britains prime minister that the overwhelming threat to Somalia comes from the Al Qaeda-linked insurgency group Al Shabab.
A decidedly military agenda was set on the eve of Thursdays international conference on Somalia, where world leaders have vowed to address the countrys problems from poverty to piracy.
But it is conquering the Shabab, the Somalia-based militant group that has been fighting the countrys Transitional Federal Government and outside forces, that appears to be the conferences main focus.
There is a terrorist threat that is current today, and if we are not careful, could get worse, British Prime Minister David Cameron told BBCs Somali service Wednesday.
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