Arms transfers and Somalia

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published in October 2010 a background paper titled “Arms Flows and the Conflict in Somalia” by Pieter D. Wezeman.

It looks at arms going to Somali opposition groups, the Transitional Federal Government, the African Union force in Mogadishu, Eritrea and Ethiopia. The analysis underscores that the arms transfers risk unintended consequences such as diversion to other parties and human rights abuses.

You can read the entire report here (PDF).