Sun Mar 14, 2010
A report by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia links the unending civil strife in the Horn of Africa Nation to the transitional government's “weakness”.
The report, which is set to be presented to the Security Council this week, maintains that the ongoing civil strife in the country was a clear indicator of the government's “weakness” rather than “opposition's strength.”
The 75-page study adds that while relying on foreign presence in the country, the Somali government forces remained “ineffective” due to corruption and lack of discipline.
"Despite infusions of foreign training and assistance, government security forces remain ineffective, disorganized and corrupt," a section on the country's military notes.
The report described the Somali forces as only a composite of pro-government independent militias and profiteering military officers.
A mere 2,900 operational troops and less than 10,000 militiamen make up the Somali military, according to the UN group.
More than a year after the Mogadishu-based transitional government of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed took power with the hope of ending two decades of almost non-stop civil unrest, security forces are still battling al-Shabab fighters over control of the country.
The fighters control most of the south and some parts of the capital.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/120821.html.
A report by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia links the unending civil strife in the Horn of Africa Nation to the transitional government's “weakness”.
The report, which is set to be presented to the Security Council this week, maintains that the ongoing civil strife in the country was a clear indicator of the government's “weakness” rather than “opposition's strength.”
The 75-page study adds that while relying on foreign presence in the country, the Somali government forces remained “ineffective” due to corruption and lack of discipline.
"Despite infusions of foreign training and assistance, government security forces remain ineffective, disorganized and corrupt," a section on the country's military notes.
The report described the Somali forces as only a composite of pro-government independent militias and profiteering military officers.
A mere 2,900 operational troops and less than 10,000 militiamen make up the Somali military, according to the UN group.
More than a year after the Mogadishu-based transitional government of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed took power with the hope of ending two decades of almost non-stop civil unrest, security forces are still battling al-Shabab fighters over control of the country.
The fighters control most of the south and some parts of the capital.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/120821.html.
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