AU troops arrested for selling military supplies

Five soldiers with the African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and 10 Somalis have been arrested for selling military equipment, police say. They were found with improvised detonators, fuel, sandbags and empty ammunition boxes. AMISOM confirmed the arrests saying it would not accept “unprofessional conduct among its personnel”. The mission is fighting alongside Somali government […]

Five soldiers with the African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and 10 Somalis have been arrested for selling military equipment, police say. They were found with improvised detonators, fuel, sandbags and empty ammunition boxes.
AMISOM confirmed the arrests saying it would not accept “unprofessional conduct among its personnel”.
The mission is fighting alongside Somali government forces against al-Shabab Islamist militants.
This is the first time African Union troops have been arrested in Somalia since AMISOM was established nine years ago.
The authorities say the five AU soldiers are from Uganda, which has the largest number of troops in the 22,000-strong mission.