UK pushes for new strategy on Somalia

Britain moved to whip up international support for a new military and political strategy in Somalia to intensify pressure on al-Shabab militants and try to pull the failed Horn of Africa nation back from the grip of pirates and terrorists.

Britain’s United Nations ambassador Sir Mark Lyall Grant said UN Security Council experts were discussing a new resolution that would pave the way for a bigger African Union force in Somalia, from 12,000 to about 17,700 troops.