London to Host Somalia Conference Thursday to Agree Int’l Partnership

© AFP 2023 / Justin TALLISThe Palace of Westminster, comprising the House of Commons and the House of Lords, wchich together make up the Houses of Parliament, are pictured on the banks of the River Thames alongside Westminster Bridge in central London on March 29, 2017
The Palace of Westminster, comprising the House of Commons and the House of Lords, wchich together make up the Houses of Parliament, are pictured on the banks of the River Thames alongside Westminster Bridge in central London on March 29, 2017 - Sputnik International
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A major international conference in London on Thursday will look to create a partnership that will help Somalia tackle security and humanitarian crises, the UK Foreign Office has said.

Somali government soldiers pose after they captured Belidogle airport, Somalia, with some help from African Union troops, in 2012. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The conference will seek to "accelerate progress on security sector reform… and agree the new international partnership needed to keep Somalia on course for increased peace and prosperity by 2020," according to the Office’s statement.

This will be the third such gathering since the British capital hosted the first London Somalia Conference in 2012 to address security issues caused by al-Shabaab insurgency and piracy, as well as famine that claimed a quarter of a million lives by 2011.

This year’s meeting will bring together East African leaders and international aid groups who will seek to hammer out a solution for the nation, described by the UK foreign policy department as "chronically unstable and ungoverned."

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