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EAC silent while Somalia burns.[File, Standard]
On Monday, Western embassies and the United Nations mission in Somalia issued a joint statement calling on all Somali political actors to resume dialogue and urgently agree on an electoral roadmap, as the country’s worst political standoff in years showed no signs of abating.
The missions that appended their signatures on the statement included the British Embassy, the EU Delegation, UNTMIS, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and Poland.
But the regional bloc, which Somalia is the latest to join as the ninth member, was deafeningly quiet as the nation gradually slid into chaos.
