Report of the UN monitoring group on Somalia

49. Security Council resolution 1844 (2008) underlines three principal threats to
peace and security in Somalia, specifically acts that threaten the Transitional Federal
Government, AMISOM or the Djibouti peace agreement of August 2008 by force. In
this context, both Al-Shabaab and the short-lived alliance known as Hizbul Islam
have committed the most serious violations, conducting sustained military
operations against both the Transitional Federal Government and AMISOM.
50. The Monitoring Group has also investigated a range of other threats to peace
and security not specifically identified by resolution 1844 (2008). These include the
actions of armed criminal groups, such as maritime militias engaged in piracy and
armed robbery at sea, and acts intended to destabilize stable regions of Somalia.
Monitoring Group investigations have encompassed not only the perpetrators of
such acts, but also their financiers, facilitators and active supporters, both inside and
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