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| Call to blockade Somali Islamists | Call to blockade Somali Islamists |
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| Somalia's neighbours have called for the UN to impose a "no-fly zone" and a port blockade to prevent Islamist forces obtaining weapons. | Somalia's neighbours have called for the UN to impose a "no-fly zone" and a port blockade to prevent Islamist forces obtaining weapons. |
| The emergency meeting of the Igad grouping also called for sanctions to be imposed on Eritrea, which denies charges it arms Islamist forces. | |
| A BBC correspondent says officials hope the naval task force off the Somali coast could enforce the blockade. | A BBC correspondent says officials hope the naval task force off the Somali coast could enforce the blockade. |
| Islamists have gained ground recently and control much of the south. | Islamists have gained ground recently and control much of the south. |
| The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) said the Islamist-controlled ports of Kismayo and Merca should be subject to a blockade "to prevent the further in-flow of arms and foreign fighters". | The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) said the Islamist-controlled ports of Kismayo and Merca should be subject to a blockade "to prevent the further in-flow of arms and foreign fighters". |
| Humanitarian flights would be allowed to continue despite the proposed no-fly zone, the Igad statement said. | Humanitarian flights would be allowed to continue despite the proposed no-fly zone, the Igad statement said. |
| After almost 20 years of non-stop conflict, some three million people - a third of the population - need food aid. | After almost 20 years of non-stop conflict, some three million people - a third of the population - need food aid. |