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Carabinieri training almost 200 Somali police officers

'Ultimate goal...stability and security in Somalia'

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Rome, March 3 - Almost 200 Somali recruits, including 13 women, have arrived in Djibouti where Italian Carabinieri will help to train them to become police officers.
    This marks the third training mission and "capacity building" exercise by Italian Carabinieri in the Horn of Africa nation that has to date yielded about 350 officers.
    The 12-week program includes fundamentals of investigation, basic instruction in law, and as well as lectures in human rights and international norms.
    Italy, which has a military base in Djibouti, has donated uniforms and material for the course.
    In a statement, the Carabinieri said: "The ultimate goal of course is to promote stability and security in Somalia and the entire region of the Horn of Africa, increasing the capacity in the security sector and control of the territory by the national police".
    Somalia has struggled with civil war and economic disasters that have led to thousands fleeing the country, many ultimately making the dangerous sea crossing to Italy at the hands of human smugglers.
   

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