SANAA, Yemen, October 10, 2005 (UPI) -- Yemen denied that it smuggled arms to Somalia, stressing that it only ‎forwarded personal weapons to the Somali authorities to support legal forces.‎

An official source told United Press International Monday that "within the framework of cooperation with Somalia, ‎Yemen handed the legal government of elected President Abdullah Yusuf personal weapons in order to boost the ‎capacities of police and enable the legitimate Somali government to restore security and order."‎
The source said Yemeni is helping Somalia to prevent becoming a safe haven for terrorists and extremist groups.‎

A U.N. report indicated last week that illegal arms are sent to Somalia from Yemen, Ethiopia and Eritrea in ‎violation of a U.N. ban on weapons to the east African nation.‎
Yemen said it sent 5,000 weapons to what it called the legitimate Somali government to help it disarm militiamen ‎and establish order and urged Arab countries to assist Somalia.‎

Westport, CT October 3, 2004 (Savethechildren.org) – Save the Children is expanding its efforts to respond to a devastating drought in the eastern region of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa where malnutrition rates among children are rising at an alarming rate.

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