A female officer from the Sierra Leonean Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Individual Police Officers (IPO) stands following a medal parade at the AU Mission’s headquarters in the Somali capital Mogadishu, 15 March 2013. 38 officers each received a 6-month Medal of Service today marking the mid-way point of their 1-year deployment to Somalia where they have been central in assisting the reforming restructuring, monitoring and mentoring of the Somali Police Force (SPF) as it begins rebuilding after two decades of conflict and instability in the Horn of Africa nation. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Sierra Leone deployed their first police officers within AMISOM to Mogadishu in 2010. The country which is also a troop contributing country has 47 Individual Police Officers serving in the mission with 6 of the 47 deployed to Baidoa and Beledweyne in October 2013.
Sierra Leone also provides 850 troops to AMISOM and are currently based in the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia.
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