And the priority will be to ask for Somalia to regain its power to purchase weapons and stabilise its security forces. Somalia has been banned from direct purchasing of weapons, an old embargo imposed in the early 1990s to stop warlords from overrunning the country during the civil war. Today, Somalia can only purchase certain weapons, and with permission from the sanctions committee of the UNSC. Donors and other countries helping Somalia rebuild the army can donate weapons too, but as long as the Council is notified. Alongside Uganda, Burundi, Kenya and Djibouti, Ethiopia is a troop contributing country to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).

Source: Ethiopian News October 01, 2022 19:43 UTC