Botswana to decide on deployment of troops to Somalia

Friday, July 30, 2010

The government of Botswana has still not decided whether it will deploy troops to beef-up those under the African Union (AU) in the troubled East African country of Somalia.

Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Ramadeluka Seretse said the Vice-President Mompati Merafhe has just returned from the AU Summit and he is yet to brief President Ian Khama on the issue.

"The president will then assess the information and make a comparison to the kind of resources that the country has and whether it would be affordable to deploy troops to a foreign land," he said.

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Botswana to decide on deployment of troops to Somalia

The government of Botswana has still not decided whether it will deploy troops to beef-up those under the African Union (AU) in the troubled East African country of Somalia.