{"id":272533,"date":"2010-12-31T05:29:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T05:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=44151"},"modified":"2010-12-31T05:29:02","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T05:29:02","slug":"somaliland-jails-russians-over-weapons-for-puntland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2010\/12\/31\/somaliland-jails-russians-over-weapons-for-puntland\/","title":{"rendered":"Somaliland jails Russians over weapons for Puntland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six Russians have been jailed in the northern Somali breakaway territory of Somaliland.<br \/>\nTheir  aircraft was seized earlier this month carrying military equipment  bound for the neighbouring semi-autonomous state of Puntland.<br \/>\nA court sentenced them to a year in jail and fined them $500 for supplying military equipment to an enemy.<br \/>\nThe charterer of the plane, Saracens International, denied that the cargo was illegal.<br \/>\nThe  Russians were also convicted of violating Somaliland&#8217;s airspace. The  uniforms and mines which were found on board the aircraft were  confiscated by the court in the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa.<br \/>\n<strong>Disputed territory<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter  the arrests were made, the interior minister of Somaliland, Mohamed  Abdi Gaboosi, said the cargo was in violation of the United Nations arms  embargo on Somalia.<br \/>\nSaracens &#8211; a private military contractor,  which is based in Uganda and South Africa &#8211; told the BBC at the time  that the cargo was destined for its operation in Puntland, where it is  training an anti-piracy force.<br \/>\nSomaliland declared itself  independent from Somalia in the early 1990s, but is not internationally  recognised. It is relatively stable, unlike the rest of Somalia, and  even organises regular elections.<br \/>\nHowever, it has a border dispute with Puntland and the two security forces occasionally clash.<br \/>\nUnlike  Somaliland, Puntland says it does not seek recognition as an  independent entity, wishing instead to be part of a federal Somalia.<br \/>\nSomalia has not had an effective national government since 1991.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Russians have been jailed in the northern Somali breakaway territory of Somaliland. Their aircraft was seized earlier this month carrying military equipment bound for the neighbouring semi-autonomous state of Puntland. A court sentenced them to a year in jail and fined them $500 for supplying military equipment to an enemy. 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