U.N. Lifts 30-Year-Old Arms Embargo on Somalia

President Mohamud Welcomes Move, Pledges to Wipe Out al-Shabaab by 2024

The U.N. Security Council has lifted a 30-year-old arms embargo on Somalia, allowing the government to modernize its armed forces.
The embargo was initially imposed in 1992 to prevent the sale of weapons to warlords who had toppled former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has welcomed the decision, stating that it will allow the country to purchase necessary weapons without limitations or restrictions.
Despite the lifting of the embargo on the government, an arms embargo has been reimposed on al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants.
President Mohamud has pledged to wipe out al-Shabaab by December 2024.