In a west African country where militant and terrorist attacks are “entirely unpredictable”, Irish soldiers are helping to train the Malian army to enforce the rule of law.

Irish and British troops are joining forces for the first time to train military units in war-torn Mali.

Irish troops could be training Somalian armed forces in Mogadishu within months, it emerged today.

THE United Nations Human Rights Council should accept responsibility, on behalf of the world forum, for the famine spreading through eastern Africa, and should call for member countries’ cooperation to overcome the desperate food crisis there, experts said.