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| Perfidous Somali police trainees go AWOL in Ethiopia, moneybags Germany concerned | |
| 2010-08-01 | |
| Almost 1,000 Somali police went missing in May after training financed by the German government to the tune of $1 million (760,000 euros). It is feared these officers will now join forces with the Islamist militants Al-Shabaab. The training took place in Ethiopia. The new recruits were equipped with uniforms and weapons. Two months after completing training, almost 1,000 new police officers disappeared en route to the Somali capital Mogadishu. In a statement, the German Foreign Office confirmed that funds were released to train Somali police, and that in May 2010, 925 trained officers were transported to Somalia under Ethiopian surveillance. They did not comment on whether the police had deserted or not.
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