Thursday 7 March 2013

UN Security Council agree to partially lift arms embargo on Somalia to fight al-Shabab group

The UN Security Council has agreed to partially lift a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for one year, allowing the government in Mogadishu to buy light weapons to strengthen its security forces to fight the armed al-Shabab group.
Somali government soldiers listen to a trainer from the European Union (EU) during a military training in Bihanga 450 km (279.6 miles) southwest of Uganda`s capital Kampala

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