UN considers lifting Somalia arms embargo
February 05, 2013  02:25
The UN chief is asking the Security Council to consider lifting the 20-year-old international arms embargo on Somalia, so that country's fragile army can import weapons to more effectively fight off al-Qaeda-linked militants, al-Shabab.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said in a report to the UN Security Council that enhanced measures are "urgently needed to develop the Somali National Security Force." "There remain elements, both inside and outside the country, that are opposed to" Somalia's new, more stable government. 

"These spoilers will seize any opportunity to reverse the gains made so painstakingly in the peace process. We must continue to stay alert and deny then the space they seek," Ban wrote.
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