The Somali government's military forces are ineffective and corrupt, despite international assistance, and it remains dependent on foreign troops for survival, UN experts concluded in a report. The Monitoring Group on Somalia also said in its report to be presented to the UN Security Council this week that Eritrea continued to support armed Islamist groups fighting the Somali government ...

Eritrea continued to support last year armed Islamist groups fighting the Somalian government in violation of an arms embargo and new UN sanctions, UN experts concluded in a report. In 2009 "the government of Eritrea has continued to provide political, diplomatic, financial and -- allegedly -- military assistance to armed opposition groups in Somalia," said the UN's Monitoring Group on Somalia ...

SAARISELKA, Finland (Reuters) - A U.N. resolution on new sanctions against Iran may not be ready until June and if a vote on it fails, European states could take unilateral measures instead, French and Finnish ministers said on Sunday. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said France remained determined to get U.N. backing for sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program ...

Despite international assistance the Somali government's military forces are ineffective and corrupt, and it remains dependent on foreign troops for survival, a UN group concluded in a report. "Despite infusions of foreign training and assistance, government security forces remain ineffective, disorganised and corrupt," the UN's Monitoring Group on Somalia said in a report to be presented to the ...