Somali Coastguard headquarters opens in Mogadishu

Somali Coastguard headquarters opens in Mogadishu

Source: Hiiraan Online, Thursday March 31, 2022

MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somali Police Force Commissioner Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijar has unveiled a new headquarters for the Somali Coast Guard, which has been established inside the Mogadishu Port.
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The 3 million dollar project implemented by  United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) and funded by the European Union is set to boost Somalia’s maritime security and war against illegal fishing.

The facility is equipped with marine communications equipment and staffed with 60 naval officers who have been trained in maritime law enforcement, marine engineering and marine communications.

EU ambassador to Somalia Tiina Intelmann over the facility and floating jetty to the Somali police force in a ceremony in Mogadishu.

“The SPF maritime law enforcement component will have a much, much more effective ability to operate and interact offshore and within the coastal areas of Somalia, to ensure maritime crime is reduced and effectively work forward on that,” the UNOPS Country Director for Somalia, Tim Lardner, said on the sidelines of the inauguration.

Construction of the new facility began in 2018