{"id":15000,"date":"2024-10-01T22:58:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T22:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=15000"},"modified":"2024-10-05T14:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T14:01:28","slug":"atmis-intensifies-training-on-civilian-protection-in-combat-zones-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2024\/10\/01\/atmis-intensifies-training-on-civilian-protection-in-combat-zones-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"ATMIS intensifies training on civilian protection in combat zones in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —<\/strong> African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Tuesday that its 25 military and police officers completed a five-day training on civilian protection, human rights and civil-military coordination to guide their combat operations in the country.<\/p>\n

The AU mission said the training held in Beledweyne town, central Somalia, enhanced officers’ skills for safeguarding civilians during operations against al-Shabab, a terrorist group, as well as improving community relations.<\/p>\n

ATMIS Senior Protection and Human Rights Officer and Lead Trainer Gloria Jaase said training ATMIS forces on critical areas affecting civilians is a core mission mandate.<\/p>\n

“One of our key tasks as ATMIS is to train and build the capacity of ATMIS Uniformed personnel to the protection of civilians,” Jaase said in a statement issued from Beledweyne.<\/p>\n

She said the training is one of the initiatives to operationalize the African Union Compliance and Accountability Framework.<\/p>\n

The training drew participants from ATMIS Djibouti and Ethiopian National Defense Forces contingents, Individual Police Officers and Ghana Formed Police Unit.<\/p>\n

The military and police officers covered a wide range of topics, including the protection of vulnerable groups such as women and children, International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.<\/p>\n

The training also focused on civil-military coordination concepts, principles and guidelines, the use of armed escorts for humanitarian convoys and civilian casualty tracking, analysis, and response.<\/p>\n

ATMIS has stepped up training of its troops deployed in Somalia to degrade the extremist group al-Shabab as the country is set to have a third peace support operation starting in January 2025.<\/p>\n

In August, the African Union Peace and Security Council approved a proposal to form the AU Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia, which will take over from ATMIS, which replaced the country’s first mission (AMISOM) in April 2022.<\/p>\n

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MOGADISHU — African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Tuesday that its 25 military and police officers completed a five-day training on civilian protection, human rights and civil-military coordination to guide their combat operations in the country. The AU mission said the training held in Beledweyne town, central Somalia, enhanced officers’ skills for safeguarding …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-protection-cluster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t