Hundreds of elite British troops are preparing to be sent to Somalia within months to help fight growing terrorist networks, Infantry forces will step up a training mission to teach Somali special forces how to smash the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab and Islamic State threat…
British officers from an elite Army unit are already in the region making plans for the mission which is expected to launch in late Spring 2022, Somali special forces will be taught how to combat the growing threat from the Islamic State and al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab which is funded by kidnappings, robberies and extortion.
Small number of UK forces have been in Somalia helping with training for some time but now the operation is being stepped up, They are training the 60th Somalia National Army Division between camps in Baidoa and the capital Mogadishu.
But more troops are being lined up to help train Somali Special Forces, who are part of Mogadishu’s “Danab” or Lightning unit, A source told the Diinah.com news : “Senior soldiers are already in the region, mapping out where the new troops will be based and what they will be doing.
