U S Gives AU troops in Somalia Armored Vehicles to Fight Al-Shabaab garoweonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from garoweonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and Somali National Army (SNA) ended a four-day training Friday on ways to mitigate threats posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). ATMIS Chief Force Engineer Saheed Sadiq, who presided over the training, said the trainees sharpened their skills in various aspects including…
UN Security Council extends UNSOM mandate in Somalia mareeg.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mareeg.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has long captivated the attention of the media and governments. But the expiry of the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) counter-piracy Resolution 2608 on 31 March attracted little publicity. It is the first time since 2008 that the UNSC has not renewed the region’s piracy resolution. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea gives coastal states extensive rights and security responsibilities over their territorial seas – a zone extending 12 nautical miles from the coastline. In Somalia’s case though, the government and navy were until recently practically non-existent, following the collapse of the state in 1991. Even so, international naval forces had to respect Somalia’s territorial waters.