“Abudwaq Incident”: Highlighting Flaws in the Premature Lifting of Arms Embargo on Somalia

Seven months after an arms embargo that lasted for decades was relaxed, the local administration and villagers said on Tuesday that militiamen in central Somalia had attacked a convoy and taken heavy weaponry, killing at least five people.Four neighbors told Reuters that on Monday, while the convoy was moving close to the town of Abudwaq with a police escort, militiamen from a nearby clan attacked and overran security forces. Continue reading ““Abudwaq Incident”: Highlighting Flaws in the Premature Lifting of Arms Embargo on Somalia” →