Kismayo, 30 March 2018 – The African Union Mission in Somalia, (AMISOM) has started the biometric registration of the Darwish militia in Jubbaland state, preceding their integrating into the state’s security forces. Over five-thousand members of the militia group will be registered in Gedo, Lower Juba and Middle Juba regions. The biometric registration entails collection of key personal data including…Read more ›
March 30, 2018
Nairobi, 29 March 2018 – A delegation of 42 HirShabelle state MPs drawn from oversight committees of the state’s regional assembly have concluded their capacity building workshop in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, with a pledge to emulate lessons learned during their six-day training. The MPs committed to implement initiatives that would be beneficial to the growth of the state assembly and…Read more ›
March 30, 2018
Nairobi, 29 March 2018 – Somalia’s HirShabelle state assembly members who are attending a capacity building workshop on parliamentary best practices in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, held twinning sessions with their counterparts in the Nairobi and Machakos county assemblies, to enhance their debating skills. The visits and interactions with members of the two county assemblies, provided the 42 legislators who are…Read more ›
March 29, 2018
Mogadishu, 28 March 2018 – Somalia is taking concrete steps to develop a more inclusive National Action Plan, aimed at preventing and countering violent extremism in the Horn of Africa country. The new plan, will factor in the views and needs of all stakeholders, including the Federal Member States, to enable the implementation of a comprehensive strategy, that will tackle…Read more ›
March 29, 2018
Mogadishu, 28 March 2018 – A team of 39 military medical personnel from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have successfully completed a three-day orientation on emergency evacuations, management of casualties and trauma patients, in highly stressed environments. The orientation, undertaken by medical personnel operating in combat zones, is part of the AU Mission’s medical support plan aimed at…Read more ›
March 29, 2018
Nairobi, 25 March 2018 – Forty-two members of the Somali HirShabelle regional assembly, who are leaders of the assembly’s various oversight and legislative committees, are meeting in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to enhance their legislative and oversight capacity. The capacity building sessions will focus on the role and functions of a Parliament, and will include experiential visits to the Nairobi and…Read more ›
March 25, 2018
Mogadishu – A training needs assessment conference for the AU troops in Somalia, aimed at identifying training gaps in Mission specific and pre-deployment training, ended in the capital Mogadishu last evening. The meeting, facilitated by the United Kingdom Mission Support Team (UKMST), in its efforts to help AMISOM develop effective and appropriate pre-deployment training, was attended by senior officers responsible for…Read more ›
March 25, 2018
Beletweyne, Baidoa, Kismayo, Adado – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has concluded gender awareness training for Somali police officers in four regional states in Somalia, to help broaden their knowledge on human rights. Over 98 police officers and other security personnel were trained in Kismayo, Baidoa, Beletweyne, the administrative capitals of Jubbaland, South West states and Hiiraan region…Read more ›
March 23, 2018
Mogadishu, 22 March 2018 – A total of thirty personnel from the Somali security forces, drawn from across the country, concluded a three-day capacity building workshop on child protection, in the capital Mogadishu, on Thursday. The training organized by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), and supported by the British Embassy in Somalia, sensitized the local security forces on…Read more ›
March 23, 2018
Mogadishu, 21 March 2018 – The third intelligence and information sharing conference, aimed at forging closer working ties between various intelligence actors in Somalia, concluded in the capital Mogadishu today, after three days of deliberations. The Deputy Force Commander of the AU Mission in Somalia, Maj-Gen Charles Tai Gituai called for more efficient intelligence sharing modalities among the actors, in…Read more ›
March 21, 2018
Somali regional MPs commit to implement lessons learned from working tour in Kenya 
Members of Somalia’s HirShabelle state assembly tour Kenyan county assemblies to learn parliamentary best practices 
The African Union Mission in Somalia has received funds from Kazakhstan for the Construction of Borehole in Bele-Amin South Central Somalia and now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the;