U.N. lifts Somalia government arms embargo for one year The U.N. Security Council agreed on Wednesday to lift a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia’s government for one year, allowing the country to buy light weapons in a bid to strengthen its security forces to combat al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters.
The resolution, unanimously adopted by the 15-member council, leaves in place a ban on surface-to-air missiles, larger-caliber...
ankakh March 6, 2013 21:36 
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