SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a photograph taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 15 April 2013, African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Force Commander Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti, gestures in front of the words 'Somali training' written in Somali on the dust-coverd interior of a tent while giving a speech to platoon commanders and non-commissioned officers of the Somali National Army (SNA) during a graduation ceremony at the AMISOM Jazira training facility in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The recently concluded 10-week course saw the officers trained in milita


SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a photograph taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 15 April 2013, African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Force Commander Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti, gestures in front of the words 'Somali training' written in Somali on the dust-coverd interior of a tent while giving a speech to platoon commanders and non-commissioned officers of the Somali National Army (SNA) during a graduation ceremony at the AMISOM Jazira training facility in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The recently concluded 10-week course saw the officers trained in military tactics, counter insurgency techniques, weapons handling and international humanitarian laws. Almost 4,000 Somali troops have been trained by AMISOM in Mogadishu and in Uganda as part of an on-going programme to rebuild and train the SNA into a disciplined competent and structured fighting force. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.


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