SEVEN EAST AFRICAN NATIONS ON TUESDAY IMPOSED TRAVEL BANS ON SOMALI WARLORDS, WHO LOST BLOODY BATTLES WITH ISLAMIST FIGHTERS OVER MOGADISHU, AND FROZE THEIR ASSETS IN EFFORT TO PUSH THEM INTO PEACE TALKS, REUTERS REPORTED. KENYA, WHERE THE SEVEN NATIONS IN THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON DEVELOPMENT (IGAD) MET TO TALK ABOUT SOMALIA, LAST WEEK BANNED THE WARLORDS AND DEPORTED ONE. "IGAD MEMBER STATES WILL APPLY THE SAME SANCTIONS AGAINST ALL WARLORDS AS HAS BEEN APPLIED BY KENYA INCLUDING (A) TRAVEL BAN AND FREEZING OF ACCOUNTS," A JOINT COMMUNIQUE SAID. KENYAN OFFICIALS RECOMMENDED THE BAN AND ASSET FREEZE IN 2003 DURING PEACE TALKS IT HOSTED TO FORM THE SOMALI GOVERNMENT, AS A WAY TO FORCE THE WARLORDS TO STAY AT THE BARGAINING TABLE, KENYAN INTELLIGENCE SOURCES SAID.