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Somalia wants humanitarian force to guard food convoys

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia Saturday called for the creation of a special humanitarian force to protect food aid convoys and feeding camps in the famine-hit Horn of Africa country and secure the capital.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia Saturday called for the creation of a special humanitarian force to protect food aid convoys and feeding camps in the famine-hit Horn of Africa country and secure the capital.

Somalia's capital Mogadishu is still dangerous to visit even after Islamist rebels mostly pulled out last weekend, raising the specter of more guerrilla-style attacks such as suicide bombings after their military defeat.

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