The UK Authorities has strengthened its help to the Somali Safety Forces (SSF) via an extra contribution of £2.3 million to the United Nations Assist Workplace in Somalia (UNSOS) Belief Fund. The brand new contribution to the UNSOS Belief Fund will allow the supply of essential, non-lethal logistical help, together with meals, medical evacuation and different provides. The brand new funding was introduced throughout a gathering between the newly re-appointed Minister of Defence H.E Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur and UK Ambassador to Somalia, Kate Foster.
In 2021/2022, the UK supplied £4.9 million of funding to the UNSOS Belief Fund, which equipped Somali troopers and law enforcement officials with a yr’s price of help. British Ambassador to Somalia, Kate Foster stated:”The UK’s £2.3 million contribution to the UNSOS Belief Fund can be essential in sustaining SSF capabilities to over 10,000 Somali troops within the battle in opposition to Al-Shabaab.”
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UK contributions to the UNSOS Belief Fund are along with UK army help to the SNA. Since 2016, the UK has skilled over 2000 SNA troopers. The coaching focuses on a variety of areas, together with defensive operations, primary command and management and the regulation of armed battle, management, stay firing, fight first assist, human rights and gender coaching to assist improve their efforts in combating Al-Shabaab. The brand new funding builds on longstanding UK help to the Somali Safety Forces and the UNSOS Belief Fund.
The United Nations Assist Workplace in Somalia (UNSOS) was established on 9 November 2015, via a UN Safety Council Decision 2245. UNSOS is a successor workplace to the United Nations Assist Workplace for AMISOM (UNSOA), which was established in 2009 (S/RES/1863 (2009) to supply logistical help to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). UNSOS core mission is to supply essential help to AMISOM, UNSOM and the Somali Safety Forces to make them simpler in supporting peace and stability efforts in Somalia.
