UNSC considers arms ban on Somalia for weapons diversion
UN Monitoring Group finds Mogadishu government allowed sale and diversion of arms to traffickers in the capital and around East Africa. New report recommends imposing of the ban that the UN eased last year. TEA Graphic
The United Nations could slap a full arms embargo on Somalia following revelations that the Mogadishu government allowed the sale and diversion of weapons to foreign arms traffickers, criminals and terrorists.
While illegal acquisition of weapons is common in countries in the region, information in a UN report that Somalia’s army is the “greatest” supplier of arms to black markets, must worry East Africa’s security agents.
