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Monday 28 Sep 2015 - 19:18 Makkah mean time-15-12-1436
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London (IINA) – UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that hundreds of British troops will be sent to Somalia and South Sudan to train African peacekeeping forces in order to foster “less terrorism and less migration”, news agencies reported.
“Our commitment to peacekeeping operations will help to alleviate serious humanitarian and security issues in Somalia and South Sudan,” he said in a statement.
Up to 70 personnel will join a UN contingent supporting African Union troops fighting al-Shabaab movement.
Cameron offered a further 250 to 300 troops to help with engineering work, combat training and take an advisory role in South Sudan.
The prime minister, who will officially announce the support at the UN General Assembly summit in New York on Monday, said the approach could help curb migrants coming to Europe.
Conflict between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar has forced more than 2.2 million people from their homes in the state, which broke away from Sudan in 2011.
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