Saturday, February 28, 2009

Somalia: Ban Ki-moon Calls for Somalis to Stop Fighting

the UN secretary general Mr. Ban Ki-moon who was visiting the capital city of Tanzania Darasalaam on Thursday called for the Somali people to stop the fighting and urged them to support the peace efforts for Somalia.

Mr. Ban Ki-moon wants to visit many countries in the African continent like South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda and flew to South Africa calling for the African countries to halt the fighting in the continent.

He said that all the violence continuing in Congo, Sudan and Somalia should be stopped as soon as possible specially Somalia which has been with out central government since 20 years suggesting that Somalia needs to get political support and security.

Mr. Ban Ki-moon is expected to open UN office in Zanzibar before flying to Egypt where he likes conclude his visiting trip in the African continent.

The visit of the UN secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon comes as most of the UN aid agencies expressed concern about the livelihood situation in Somalia and called for the international community to give Somalis billions of Dollars for urgent help.

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