EASF Participates in Weapons' Control Course in Berlin

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EASF Participates in Weapons' Control Course in Berlin

The Eastern Africa Standby Force is taking part in an Executive Level Course on Weapons and Ammunition Management from 11th to 22nd November 2019 in Berlin, Germany. Representing EASF are the Director, Dr. Abdillahi Omar Bouh and the Force Commander, Brigadier General Alaadin O. Mirghani.

The course, organized by the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) in conjunction with the German Federal Foreign Office, seeks to enhance awareness on Weapons and Ammunition Management as well as Physical Security and Stockpile Management in a wider Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) control context.

Together with the Verification Center of the German Armed Forces, BICC further seeks to create a networking platform whereby diverse actors in the peace and security sector from the Eastern Africa region can exchange experiences, focusing on technical understanding as well as covering critical institution, political and economic dimensions.

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EASF Director Dr. Abdillahi Omar Bouh with the Force Commander Brig. Gen. Alaadin O. Mirghani during the Executive Level Course on Weapons and Ammunition Management in Berlin, Germany on 12th November 2019.
The course seeks to enhance awareness on Weapons and Ammunition Management as well as Physical Security and Stockpile Management in a wider Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) control context.
In course of this training, the German Federal Foreign Office seeks to provide participants with the opportunity of building networks among key actors in the Peace and Security Sector in Eastern Africa.
Dr. Bouh (2nd from right) with EASF Force Commander Brig. Gen. Alaadin O. Mirghani (left), the Mine Action Officer and Counter-Terrorism Focal Point at UNOAU Abel Tesfai and the Director of IGAD's Security Sector Program Commander Abebe Muluneh Beyene (right).