While this was going on African Union troops were just a few miles away, they did nothing.
We've made a huge contribution in terms of aid, we're providing logistical assistance to the African Union troops.
Having lost everything, she no longer trusted anyone, even the African Union troops deployed in Darfur.
And it has been shown that the African Union troops, where they have been present, have been somewhat effective.
African Union troops pushed al-Shabab from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in August 2011.
There are currently only a few thousand African union troops trying to safeguard an area roughly the size of Texas.
African Union troops forced al-Shabab out of the capital in 2011 but the group still controls wide swaths of south-central Somalia.
Sudan has indicated it might accept a U.N. force in Darfur to aid African Union troops if a peace treaty is signed.
They also cited the role of African Union troops, from countries including Uganda, Burundi and Kenya, in supporting the Somali government's fight against al-Shabaab.
Mr. BABA GANA KINGIBE (A.U. Ambassador): Every one of the rebel groups in Darfur are better armed and logistically better supported than the African Union troops.
In recent years, Somali and African Union troops, who have received funding from the U.S. government, have won many battles against the terror group, pushing it back to a handful of strongholds.
We should also expand the mandate of African Union troops based there. (Western troops are unlikely to be sent to the region because of earlier failed missions.) This can be done in concert with pressuring al Shabab's foreign supporters.
African Union and Somali troops are battling militants from Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked group that controls part of the nation's south.
It doesn't have to be just the African Union providing the troops.
But the final transitional federal government made "unmistakable" progress, Clinton said, with Somali security forces supported by an African Union mission and troops from Uganda, Burundi, Kenya and Djibouti driving Al Shabaab from the nation's cities and towns.
Ms. COHEN: There are only 2, 300 African Union military observers, troops on the ground.
They have been kicked out of Mogadishu, Somalia's ruined seaside capital, by African Union (AU) troops paid by America and the European Union.
Kenya provides nearly 5, 000 troops to an African Union (AU) force in Somalia and is the UK's most important ally in East Africa, our correspondent says.
Sudan claims ownership for the region, and lodged complaints with the United Nations and the African Union to pressure South Sudan to withdraw troops from its territory.
Ugandan troops - part of the African Union force stationed in Mogadishu - arrived at the scene shortly after the shooting started.
Because of the importance of peace in Somalia I can announce that Britain will help pay for 850 Burundian troops as part of the African Union peacekeeping force.
Islamist insurgents, not known to have links to the pirate gangs, are battling government troops, their Ethiopian allies and African Union peacekeepers in the capital, Mogadishu.
Specifically, because we know the importance of peace in Darfur I am announcing today more help from Britain to train, equip and deploy African troops for the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping operation.
The last section of the 241km- (149 mile-) road from Mogadishu to Baidoa was successfully secured on Monday, said the African Union mission in Somalia, which has 18, 000 troops in the country.
AMISOM, which has a joint mandate from the African Union and the UN, consists of some 10, 000 troops, mainly Ugandans with some Burundians, soon to be increased to 17, 000.
Sudan also claims ownership of Heglig and lodged complaints with the United Nations Security Council and the African Union on Wednesday, urging them to pressure South Sudan to withdraw troops from its territory.
Guinea will send troops to join a peacekeeping force in Somalia, the African Union has said.
The African Union (AU) mission in Somalia - which has 18, 000 troops in the country supporting and training government troops - said the bomber blew himself up as he was chased away from the checkpoint.
The present African Union force, led by Uganda, is unlikely to expand beyond 4, 000 troops, a fraction of what is needed.
Pronk had been the chief champion of U.N. peacekeeping troops for Darfur, to replace the overstretched and woefully under-resourced African Union force.
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