Weapons theft compromising more peacekeeping missions around globe

A damaged Amisom vehicle near Afgoye town, some 30 kilometres northwest of Mogadishu following a suicide attack. PHOTO FILE | AFP

On October 26, 2015, a group of SPLA-in-Opposition soldiers captured a United Nations convoy on the Juba Corridor near Kaka in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region. The soldiers accused the UN Mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) of transporting weapons and ammunition for the government.

The Unmiss convoy consisting of Bangladeshi troops was detained and all material on board — resupplies for its operation — including some 55,000 litres of fuel, 16 assault rifles, two machine guns and some 3,000 rounds of assorted ammunition were seized.