African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said forces from Jubbaland, Galmudug, Southwest states will be integrated into national army.
Hundreds of Jubbaland forces have already been merged into the Somali army.
The AU mission said it registering hundreds forces operating in Galmudug will be integrated into the army.
Paul Kissi Frimpong, AMISOM Police Deputy Coordinator in charge of Reform, Restructuring and Development said in a statement that the police have already been trained in Jubbaland and in South West states to perform the same function.
“This particular exercise was done to capacitate the officers to go to Galmudug state and also register the regional forces there,” Mr. Frimpong.
Mr. Frimpong explained that AMISOM Police decided to train Somali officers to be part of the exercise after the Federal Government requested the AU Mission’s aid in registering the pro-government armed groups.
“Apart from the SNA (Somali National Army), some of these states have some security forces that have been supporting them to fight the Al-Shabab. These forces are outside the SNA and (those are the ones) we are going to register,” he said.
Mr. Frimpong said the exercise was part of AMISOM’s plans to develop capacity of the Somali national security forces to enable it take over security responsibilities once AMISOM exits.
“We want to capacitate them [Somali officers], give them the skills to be able to assist in the ongoing exercise of registering the regional forces. As you are aware AMISOM is transitioning which means that the Somali security forces must take over all security responsibilities,” said Mr. Frimpong.
Last month AMISOM and Somali security officers commenced the registration of Darwish forces in Jubbaland to pave way for their integration into the Somali national security forces.
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