© The Christian Science MonitorThe move comes amid a rise in kidnappings of foreign aid workers and an escalating humanitarian crisis.

posted July 01, 2008 at 10:34 am EDT

Responding to increased violence by Islamist insurgents in Somalia – Al Qaeda’s base in Africa – the United States is preparing to help Nigeria and Burundi deploy peacekeeping troops to the

Somalian capital, according to the top US diplomat in Africa.

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