German parliament extends mission training force in Somalia

The German parliament approved the extension of the work of German troops participating in the training mission in Somalia for another year

The parliament decided on Thursday to extend the task forces that are involved in the training of Somali forces to fight al Shabaab militias engaged in terrorist operations inside the country.

Allowed parliament 's decision send up to twenty German soldiers to train Somali troops and to advise them.

The number of participants in the training mission in Somalia , the German soldiers until recently was only 11 soldiers.

According to the justification of the German troops ' mission in accordance with the decision that instability in the Horn of Africa poses a threat to security in Europe as well.

The German government says that since the beginning of the Somali forces led by the European Union since 2010 training mission has been training about 5,400 Somali troops so far