Posts Tagged ‘Somalia’
The Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has travelled to Kenya and Somalia to enhance security cooperation in the battle against terror group Al Shabaab and other shared threats. Mr Wallace signed a refreshed security cooperation agreement following high-level talks with Dr Fred Matiang’i, Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for the Interior, and Dr Monica ...
The UK is also supporting Somalia to strengthen its security institutions and governance across the country. The first Brigade HQ to be trained in Somalia for a generation has completed command and staff training in Mogadishu, and has returned to their headquarters in Baidoa, the capital of Southwest State in Somalia, ...
Strategic Command has welcomed new Deputy Commander Lieutenant General R A Magowan CB CBE after his 30 years of experience with the Royal Marines. Lieutenant General R A Magowan CB CBE has assumed his position as Deputy Commander of Strategic Command (DComd UKStratCom) after years of experience in different roles within ...
Servicemen and women from the Somali National army graduated from a training scheme developed by the UK in Baidoa. A UK training programme was set up in Baidoa in Somalia to improve security in the region. The Somali National Army saw 98 soldiers graduate from the training in the state capital. The ...
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