 AMISOM tank guarding the capital Mogadishu's streets |
Different warring sides in Somalia have been receiving massive consignments of seaborne weaponry amid concerns about a resurgence of violence.
On Tuesday night, two vessels carried substantial numbers of arms and armored vehicles to the southern Somali coast. The African troops in Somalia and the country's transitional government were expected to collect the equipment, said a Press TV correspondent.
Mortar attacks by unknown gunmen reportedly turned away the vessel sent for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Governmental agents, however, conveyed the arms to the Transitional Federal Government bases.
Following reconciliation between the major Somali opposition faction, Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and the government, newly-elected President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed set a deadline for creation of a combined military force.
The force, which is to draft in transitional government soldiers and the UIC gunmen Al-Shabaab, is to number 10,000, said police chief General Abdi Hassan Awale Qeybdid.
The force, which is to draft in transitional government soldiers and the UIC gunmen Al-Shabaab, is to number 10,000, said police chief General Abdi Hassan Awale Qeybdid.
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