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OAU ministers approve Djibouti peace plan

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    Ministers attending an OAU conference in Addis Ababa last week approved Djibouti’s peace plan for Somalia, AFP reported. “We want to give a voice to civilians and take away the red carpet from beneath the feet of the war chiefs,” AFP quoted Djibouti Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Farah as saying. “This is the first time countries who are politically antagonistic support the same initiative,” he said. The plan involves holding a national reconciliation conference in Djibouti, aimed at setting up a transitional government with an acting president. The plan already has the approval of the UN Security Council and the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

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