Somalia Asking for Another UN Force

Because, y'know, the first one was so successful that the world wants to do it again...

East African leaders have renewed their calls to the UN to replace the beleaguered African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

At a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Somalia's president said a radical strategy to end almost two decades of crisis in the country was needed.

The leaders of the regional grouping Igad also agreed to deploy 2,000 more AU peacekeepers to Somalia.

AU troops have been fighting Islamists who control most of southern Somalia.

The UN-backed government only runs a few parts of the capital, Mogadishu.

By: Brant