The United Nations' envoy to Somalia on Monday urged the country's fractured government to make a new commitment to faltering peace talks with an Islamic militia that has taken over much of southern Somalia. Francois Lonseny Fall, the U.N. Secretary General's Special Representative to Somalia, met briefly with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf before holding closed-door discussions with Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi. «We strongly urge the transitional federal institutions to remain committed to dialogue. The international community is very, very concerned,» Fall told Yusuf during his first visit to Somalia since August. Fall said his focus was to persuade the government, which has been wracked by infighting, to come together and restart talks with the Union of Islamic Courts, the Associated Press reported.
