NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 12, SPA -- The United States on Friday called for the rapid deployment of an African peacekeeping mission to Somalia to prevent a dangerous security vacuum. U.S. Ambassador Michael Ranneberger said a quickdeployment of African troops will also allow Ethiopianforces to withdraw. «Deploying an African stabilization force into Somaliaquickly is vitally important to support efforts to achievestability,» he said in a local newspaper opinion piece, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/417411