EU Training Mission Somalia

 update from EU governments approve Somalia training mission
On the 31st of March the Council of the European Union has decided to start a European Union military mission, to train Somali defence forces from the Transitional Federal Government. This EUTM will be launched on 7 April and will last a year, during which there will be 2 training periods of 6 months.

The training will be done mainly in Uganda, where a new group of 2000 Somali recruits is scheduled to start their training on the 1st of May. The EUTM should consist of about 100 trainers, supplied by Spain (which has operational command), Germany and France.