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Somalia asks AU to train its soldiers

Somalia delegates Lul Hassan Mohamed (L) and Dahabo Susaw Mohamed

Somalia delegates Lul Hassan Mohamed (L) and Dahabo Susaw Mohamed at the opening of a workshop on gender issues in Kamapala yesterday. PHOTO BY STEPHEN WANDERA. 

By Stephen Wandera

Kampala, The Somali government has asked donors to recruit and train 40,000 troops that will consolidate peace and stability in the nation once peacekeepers finally quit.

Forces from Uganda, Kenya and Burundi under the African Union Mission to Somalia (Amisom) have helped the transitional government liberate the capital Mogadishu from al Shabaab militants.

Amisom has also captured several towns, the latest being on Saturday when they took Bulo Barer, a strategic town, in an offensive targeting al-Shabaab-held ports.

The attack code named “Operation Indian Ocean”, launched last week, also led to the capture of Goolweyn and Jerlio town. “We appeal to AU and donors to help train at least 40,000 Somali nationals with at least more 10,000 AU troops to back our troops,” Somalia deputy minister of Information Abdullahi Oled Roble told Daily Monitor yesterday. He was speaking at the opening of an awareness raising workshop on gender issues for Somalia media in Kampala yesterday.

AU senior public information officer Elol Yao said more than 10,000 Somali soldiers have been trained.

Source: Daily Monitor

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