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Tuesday 13 Jan 2015 - 12:48 Makkah mean time-22-3-1436 Djibouti (IINA) – Djibouti will send an additional 1,000 troops to Somalia to serve with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and fight al-Shabaab militants alongside the Somali National Army, Djibouti's ADI news agency reported.
The additional troops will be drawn from the police force and the military, said Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Yusuf.
Djibouti currently has 1,950 troops serving in the 22,000-strong peacekeeping mission in Somalia, after its last increase of 950 troops in July 2014.
The additional deployment of Djiboutian troops follows the withdrawal of Sierra Leonean troops from Somalia in December last year, over concerns about the transmission of Ebola. Sierra Leone is one of the countries hardest hit by the outbreak of the deadly virus.
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