The reestablishment of the Somali maritime sector took a step forward when an induction training for the newly established Somali Maritime Administration (SMA) was conducted in Djibouti at the Djibouti Regional Training Centre from 19-23 January. The training, delivered by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in partnership with United Nations Assistant Mission in Somalia (UNSOM)…
Police are standing beside soldiers in a sand-filled training ground: they are gathered around a stationary car, going through the procedures needed to search it and secure the environment around it. This is the main police academy in Mogadishu and Somali police officers are training to become a specialised robust police unit called “Darwish” who…
Officials from the recently formed Puntland State Security Office (PSSO), including both of its Directors, General Bashir Abdi Mohamed and General Khalif Issa, have met with international counterparts this month as part of a series of steps in coordinating security sector reform and governance in Puntland. The PSSO was set up in November 2019 by…
Somaliland coast guard officers in Berbera have begun the first of a series of theoretical and practical law enforcement trainings delivered by EUCAP experts, starting with a three-day course on the Somaliland Coast Guard Law and on practical safety and security when carrying out law enforcement activities. The initial training in Berbera will be followed…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Ahmed Isse Awad, and the Ambassador of the European Union to Somalia, H.E. Nicolas Berlanga Martinez, have signed a ‘Status of Mission Agreement’ (SOMA), for the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia). The agreement, defines the legal position of the…
Mogadishu 8 January 2020 – Three hundred Somali police officers have begun a specialised pre-deployment orientation course this week in Mogadishu as part of three Federal Darwish Police Companies that will support federal and state police in Somalia. The specialised course is being carried out under the Federal Government’s military to civilian police transition plan…