Two-day summit organised by Türkiye's Communications Directorate kicks off in Istanbul.
The move reverses an order from US President Joe Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, who in 2020 pulled nearly all US forces from the East African nation.
Calls by sponsors for lifting the state of emergency, release of political prisoners and scrapping the freedom-restricting laws “provide a suitable atmosphere for the dialogue.”
Tuesday's pre-dawn attack on the camp began with a car bomb, followed by a furious firefight that is believed to have killed at least 10 Burundian soldiers and 20 Al Shabab terrorists.
A slow-burning political crisis in Somalia deepens as the Prime Minister and the President wrangle over the expulsion of the African Union envoy to the country.
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia will work till the end of the year with an aim to enable the country's forces to take primary responsibility for security.
Global bodies and dozens of nations urge Somali authorities to proceed with regulations that are set for presidential elections.
In the last 12 months, the African Union suspended four countries - Mali, Guinea, Sudan and Burkina Faso - over military coups.
A dispute erupted last July when Moussa Faki Mahamat, chair of the African Union Commission, accepted Israel's accreditation to the bloc.
President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says "many" members of the security forces have been killed in what the African Union and a regional bloc called an "attempted coup."
Houthi missile attack came on the same night that Israeli president met with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince on his first official visit to the UAE as the country's head of state.
The bloc's 15-member Peace and Security Council has voted to suspend the participation of Burkina Faso in all African Union activities "until the effective restoration of constitutional order in the country."
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