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Somalia edges toward 100,000-troop goal with new Qatar-trained unit deployed in capital MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s drive to build a 100,000-strong national army gained fresh momentum as a new unit trained in Qatar was deployed across Mogadishu, part of a broader, multinational effort to professionalize the country’s security forces after years of conflict. About 600 Somali soldiers returned from long-term training in Doha and have been placed under the National Intelligence and Security Agency’s Banadir command,…

President William Ruto has assured Kenyan police officers stationed in Haiti that he is striving to secure superior equipment for them.Kenya is set to dispatch an additional 600 officers to Haiti in the upcoming weeks to combat the gangs that have taken control of much of Port-au-Prince and its neighboring regions.With this forthcoming group, the total number of Kenyan officers assigned since June to support Haiti's struggling police force will reach 1,000.During his visit to the Caribbean nation, President Ruto conveyed his…