East African leaders debate crisis in Somalia

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Leaders of the East African regional grouping Igad are meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to discuss continuing political instability in Somalia.

They want the UN to replace the beleaguered African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in the country.

They also want international donors to honour pledges they made over Somalia's reconstruction and reconciliation.

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

It is under constant attack from hardline Islamist groups who control much of southern Somalia.

The BBC's Uduak Amimo in Addis Ababa says that even before the Igad heads of state began their extraordinary summit on Somalia, they scored a small victory.

Somalia's government announced the posts it was allocating to the Ahlu Sunnah Wal-Jamaa militia it signed an agreement with earlier this year.

Frustration
The amount of time it took for this to happen, as well as the incessant wrangling within the Somali government and parliament, were part of the reason for Monday's urgently convened summit, our correspondent says.

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