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| Africa Horn | |
| Italy gives military aid to Somalia | |
| 2015-03-06 | |
| MOGADISHU -- Italy has on Thursday handed over huge consignment of arms to Federal Government of Somalia as the East African country tries to fend off Al Shabaab threats, Garowe Online reports. Military gears including-pick-up trucks, armoured fighting vehicles and bulletproof cars totalling 54-were received by Somali National Army (SNA) commander-in-Chief Gen. Dahir Adan Elmi (Indho Qarshe) at Mogadishu seaport with a senior official with Italian Defence Ministry Bernando Mencaraglia present.
Mencaraglia told journalists during the offloading of the arms consignment that the donation is part of previous pledges. Though Italy on various occasions provided Puntland and Somaliland with armored personnel carriers, the glittering aid marks the first for the first time in more than two decades. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |