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Ugandan military says warlords visited Kampala

    NAIROBI

    A number of leaders from Somali warring factions visited the Ugandan capital, Kampala, last week for consultations on the Djibouti peace process and other regional peace initiatives, military sources in Uganda told IRIN. The Somalis were “in town consulting on how to bring peace in their country,” according to the source, who did not name those involved. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told IRIN in an exclusive interview that he was in touch with the Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh in relation to the Somalia peace process, but was “not that closely involved” with Somalia. There were reports in some sections of the Somali media that Museveni had invited Somali National Alliance (SNA) faction leader Hussein Aideed to Kampala. A representative of Aideed’s in Nairobi told IRIN that he was not among those who visited Uganda recently.

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