Q & A with our Senior Legal Reform Advisor, Pia Horttanainen Please tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I’m a legal expert seconded by Finland to the Mission, and have worked in both the private and public sectors. During the last seven years, my main focus and legal expertise has been on…
The Somali National Army (SNA) and Somali Police Force (SPF) have for the first time jointly taken part in an EU supported training course to Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED). The six-week course, which concluded this week, saw members of the Explosive Ordnance Department (EOD) of the Somali Police train SNA and Somali Police Darwish…
Mogadishu 06 April 2021. It is with great sadness that EUCAP Somalia shares notice of the passing of a Finnish mission member who died in hospital in Nairobi on 21st March 2021. The person had contracted the COVID-19 virus during his duties in Somalia. The deceased was brought home to Finland on a flight that…