Somalia: Somali Leaders Agree to Increase Troop Numbers

Leaders in Somalia Agree to Increase Troop Numbers: Somalia

The leaders have agreed the number of national armed forces to be at least 30,000 soldiers and at least 40,000 police personnel, according to the agreement obtained by VOA Somali.

The agreement revises a 2017 deal between Somali leaders, which specified the number of military and police to be at least 18,000 and 32,000 respectively. The earliest age to register for the army will be 18 and 62 is the new retirement age. The new agreement also allows the number of custodial corps to be 5,300 -- comprised of 4,500 federal and 800 prison guards.

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