The Federal Government of Somalia has welcomed the decision from United Nations that removed Ahlu Sunna Wal jama group from the UN list of armed groups who recruit children.
Statement from the Ministry of Defence said that the group abandoned their army and are not exist as armed group currently.
The Ministry of Defence of the Federal Republic of Somalia welcomes the United Nations Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict (A/80/723-S/2026/357), which formally confirmed the removal of Ahl al-Sunna Waljama’a (ASWJ) from the list of parties responsible for grave violations against children in situations of armed conflict. ASWJ, which had for many years appeared in the annexes and reports of the United Nations on Children and Armed Conflict, was removed from the list following confirmation that the group no longer exists as an independent armed entity and that its members have been absorbed into Somalia’s national security institutions.
