Somalia

Four days of peace talks between the Somali Transitional National Government (TNG) and factions opposed to it came to a close in Nairobi on Sunday, with both sides claming the talks had been a success and announcing that they had agreed to meet again for further reconciliation talks.

Hundreds of thousands of Somali's in the southwestern region of Gedo are at risk of starvation following drought and poor harvests, a spokesman for the French NGO Action contre la faim (ACF) told IRIN on Thursday.

The interim government of Prime Minister Ali Khalif Galayr was voted out of office on Sunday after it failed to defeat a no-confidence motion tabled by disgruntled members of the Transitional National Assembly (TNA).

Addressing the UN Security Council on 19 October, the prime minister of Somalia's Transitional National Government (TNG), warned that unless his fledgling administration received more international support Somalia could disintegrate further and become a haven for international terrorism.

Continuing insecurity in Somalia makes it unsafe to deploy a post-conflict
mission in the country, according to a United Nations assessment.

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