Two day conference about Somalia opens in Nairobi

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A two day conference about Somalia has opened on Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya and representatives from AU, IGAD, UN, and the Somali government attended in the meeting.

Somali defense minister Mohamed Abdi Gandi, who holds a French passport, was supposed to attend but remained in Mogadishu. Other Somali government officials attended in the meeting which kicked off in Nairobi today.

Somali ambassador to Kenya, Mohamed Ali "Ameriko" opened the meeting.

AU Special Representative to Somalia Nicolas Bwakira called on actors in Somalia to work in close collaboration with other international partners to ensure that there is proper coordination of capacity building assistance to the Somali government.

Nicolas Bwakira said that challenges are quite enormous and that tackling them successfully would require international community's firm commitment and continued partnership with the government and people of Somalia.

The representatives who addressed in the meeting all suggested the need to rebuild and train the Somali security forces.

The meeting is deliberating on the priority capacity building needs of the TFG and participants hope to identify practical and innovative ways of addressing those pressing needs of the government.

The fragile government of Somali is facing major offensive from allied al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam Islamist groups.

The Somali government officials repeated their call to the international community to support the government.

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