Somali government signs deal with private security company

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The transitional federal government of Somalia has signed a contract with Saracen International, a British private security company; a government official said Thursday.

In an interview with VOA Somalia, Hussein Abdi Halane, Somalia’s minister of finance, said that Saracen will help the Somali government train some of its forces.

Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the president of Somalia, signed the pact on behalf of the government. Lafras Luitingh, an official for the company, signed for Saracen.

The security company will train the bodyguards of Somali government officials, drivers, and civil servants.

Supported by United Arab emirates financially, the private company will focus on:

*Training of security forces and police

*Fighting against terrorism

*Training bodyguards of government officials

*Training emergency health personnel

*Teaching Somali soldiers how to conduct patrols..

The minister spelled out that a team from Saracen came to Mogadishu recently to assess and then to start training.

Government statements about the pact come weeks after Mohammed Ali, Somalia’s ambassador to Kenya, announced Somalia was considering a contract with Saracen.

Months ago, Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland signed a contract with Saracen International. Supported by Saracen, Puntland has begun training thousands of its naval forces to uproot pirates who constantly bedevil Somalia’s coasts.


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This might help them get back the country.

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Yes it will