U.N. Says Its Weapons On Cargo Ship Were Transported Legally

The United Nations maintains that weapons seized last week by Kenyan authorities on a cargo ship bound for the Democratic Republic of Congo were not illegal, reports the BBC.

The weapons were a legitimate consignment headed to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said a U.N. spokesman on Thursday.

Last week, Kenyan police said they found weapons and a drug-like substance in a shipment of U.N. vehicles onboard a Norwegian-flagged ship that docked...