MOGADISHU – Both Uganda and Burundian countries have Saturday pledged the deployment of 3000 of 4000 pledged extra troops to join the African Union troops AMISOM operating in the Somalia capital Mogadishu.
In a joint statement issued by Major General Godefroid Niyombare and General Aronda Nyakairima, Chiefs of Defence Forces for Burundi and Uganda visited the AMISOM forces in Mogadishu this week said that they prepared 3000 forces to depart from both Bujumbura and Kampala.
The statement said that both military chiefs said that they had seen more different positions of the AMISOM troops supporting the transitional government of Somalia in the capital and committed additional 4,000 troops mandated by the UN in December adding they were already heading for pre-deployment training.
Each country has pledged a further 2,000 troops and anticipate an efficient deployment around the middle of the year. Burundi has already deployed one battalion.
During the visit of the defense Chiefs had reportedly met with the Somali president, the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government, cabinet ministers, and other government and grassroots of local leaders in Mogadishu.
Both countries sent their first battalions to Somalia in 2007 and have more than 8000 forces supporting the transitional government troops fighting against Al-shabab fighters in Mogadishu.
AMISOM and the TFG took over several important military bases from Al-shahab forces in the capital as they claim controlling 60 percent of Mogadishu city.
In a joint statement issued by Major General Godefroid Niyombare and General Aronda Nyakairima, Chiefs of Defence Forces for Burundi and Uganda visited the AMISOM forces in Mogadishu this week said that they prepared 3000 forces to depart from both Bujumbura and Kampala.
The statement said that both military chiefs said that they had seen more different positions of the AMISOM troops supporting the transitional government of Somalia in the capital and committed additional 4,000 troops mandated by the UN in December adding they were already heading for pre-deployment training.
Each country has pledged a further 2,000 troops and anticipate an efficient deployment around the middle of the year. Burundi has already deployed one battalion.
During the visit of the defense Chiefs had reportedly met with the Somali president, the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government, cabinet ministers, and other government and grassroots of local leaders in Mogadishu.
Both countries sent their first battalions to Somalia in 2007 and have more than 8000 forces supporting the transitional government troops fighting against Al-shabab fighters in Mogadishu.
AMISOM and the TFG took over several important military bases from Al-shahab forces in the capital as they claim controlling 60 percent of Mogadishu city.
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