Britain to host a conference on

[SahanGalbeed]

Somalia next year .

(Reuters) - Britain will host an international conference next year on tackling instability in Somalia and protecting ships from pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.

The prime minister described the east African nation as a "failed state that directly threatens British interests," citing attacks on tourists and aid workers, and radicalisation of young Britons by militant Islamist groups with roots in the region.

Cameron announced last month that British merchant ships sailing off the coast of Somalia would be able to carry armed guards to ward off pirate attacks, bringing it into line with many other countries.

"Somali pirates aren't invincible: they are violent and lawless men in small boats and it is time we properly stood up to them," Cameron said in a speech at a banquet to honour the new Mayor of the City of London.

"But there is a real and pressing need to pull together the international effort," Cameron said in the speech, traditionally a forum for setting out foreign policy priorities. "That is why Britain will host a major conference in London next year."

Cameron has been strengthened by a foreign policy success after Britain and France took the
lead in international military efforts to support Libyans who rose up and eventually overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, in power for four decades.

The Somali conference was to "focus attention on protecting merchant ships passing through the Gulf of Aden, tackling pirates, pressurising the extremists, supporting countries in the region and addressing the causes of conflict and instability in Somalia."

The date of the conference was not announced.

Somalia was formed in 1960 from a former British protectorate and an Italian colony. It descended into chaos after the 1991 fall of dictator Mohammed Siad Barre. The government of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed holds sway in the capital Mogadishu, but al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels control much of the rest of the country.

[SahanGalbeed]

I like Britain's Cameron quiet behind the curtains approach in the new developments in somalia , unlike the stupid French , je te jure mais alors qu'il est con ce Sakorzy , s'il ne pouvait que juste fermer ca gueule , puuutain!

[greenday]

Fuck him!

[Beenaale_No1]

I like Britain's Cameron quiet behind the curtains approach in the new developments in somalia , unlike the stupid French , je te jure mais alors qu'il est con ce Sakorzy , s'il ne pouvait que juste fermer ca gueule , puuutain!

Dude, they wanna "protect" their ships in the Gulf of Aden. Thats all. Meeshooda ha naga joogan.

[Saraxnow]

"Somali pirates aren't invincible: they are violent and lawless men in small boats and it is time we properly stood up to them," Cameron said in a speech at a banquet to honour the new Mayor of the City of London.

Sad. How can a few, poor men with nothing get the world so worked up? Strange times.

[SahanGalbeed]

Because times have changed saraxnow . What would the reaction be , had the royal navy just simply eliminated evryone on sight ?

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

They just want to protect their "national interests" in illegal fishing and dumping in somali waters. Tell him to fck off and shove his copnference up his toff ass.

[SahanGalbeed]

They just want to protect their "national interests" in illegal fishing and dumping in somali waters. Tell him to fck off and shove his copnference up his toff @#!*% .

I understand some of our Sland youngins are not too happy with mr Cameron because of his administration cutting the allowance the gov used to give british students for I dunno what fuc,kin reason to begin with , but does anybody have any proof that actually Britain dumps nuclear wastes in Somalia ?

[abdisamad3]

nothing good ever comes out of foreign held conferences on Somalia,

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

They just want to protect their "national interests" in illegal fishing and dumping in somali waters. Tell him to fck off and shove his copnference up his toff @#!*% .

I understand some of our Sland youngins are not too happy with mr Cameron because of his administration cutting the allowance the gov used to give british students for I dunno what fuc,kin reason to begin with , but does anybody have any proof that actually Britain dumps nuclear wastes in Somalia ?

Bro, this has nothing to do with tuition fees or any other domestic issue. This is about foreign interference in Somalia and undermining it's territorial integrity. They only care about themselves and what they can gain from the suffering of somali people. It's a shame somalia is plagued with so many dabadhilifs. Ones that support Ethiopia, ones that support Amisom others that are for Kenya etc. Somalia's woes can only be solved by somalis.