Somali Government Releases Report Challenging Corruption Charges

The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) released on 6 September 2013 the report prepared by forensic accounts from FTI Consulting and a legal team from the US firm Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy and Ecker that countered allegations in the last UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea alleging widespread corruption in the FGS.  The report dated 30 August 2013 is titled "The Federal Government of Somalia's Response to Annex 5.2 of the Report of the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea."  The team employed by the FGS found the UN report "deeply flawed and entirely unreliable."