Twenty nine countries sign IDP convention

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Twenty nine African Union (AU) member countries h ave signed the convention on internally displaced persons (IDP), and more are ex p ected to follow suit soon, a senior official said on Thursday.
AU commissioner for political affairs Julia Dolly Joiner said three countries - Ethiopia, Mauritania and Sierra Leone - had since ratified the convention.
The convention aims to protect and assist IDPs in Africa, most of them victims o f conflict.
"We should be able to generate more signatures during the summit," she said, ref erring to the weekend AU heads of state and government summit.
She said the convention, which was adopted in Uganda last year, now only require d 15 signatures to come into force.