The President of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (C) speaks, as the President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki (L) and Prime Minister of Somalia TFG, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, listen during the London Conference on Somalia, in London, February 23, 2012. ReutersLeaders Gather In London For Somalia Talks -- Al Jazeera
Conference to focus on international response to poverty, famine, piracy and Horn of Africa nation's ongoing civil war.
World leaders are meeting with members of the Somali government to co-ordinate efforts against piracy, poverty and famine, and to discuss the country's civil war.
Forty countries are represented at Thursday's conference in London, and attendees include Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, and Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general.
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