Somali Armed Forces
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The Somali Armed Forces are the military forces of the Federal Republic of Somalia.[9] Headed by the president as commander-in-chief, they are constitutionally mandated to ensure the nation's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.[10]
Somali Armed Forces | |
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Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed | |
Founded | 12 April 1960 |
Current form | August 2008[1] |
Service branches | Somali National Army[1] Somali Navy Somali Air Force |
Headquarters | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-chief | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
Minister of Defence | Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur [2] |
Chief of Defence Force | Brigadier General Ibrahim Sheikh Muhyadin Addow |
Personnel | |
Active personnel | apx 45,000 (2023)[3] |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | Belarus China Cuba Czech Republic Hungary Iran North Korea Poland Russia Turkey Ukraine Vietnam |
Related articles | |
History | See list |
Ranks | Military ranks of Somalia |
In 1990 the Armed Forces were made up of the Army, Air Force, Air Defence Force, and Navy.[11] From the early 1960s to 1977, the period when good relations existed between Somalia and the Soviet Union, the Armed Forces had the largest armored and mechanized force in sub-Saharan Africa.[12] Due to Siad Barre's increasing reliance on his own clan, splitting the Armed Forces along clan lines,[13] and the Somali Rebellion, by 1988 they began to disintegrate.[14] By the time Barre fled Mogadishu in January 1991, the last cohesive army grouping, the 'Red Berets,' had deteriorated into a clan militia.[15]
An unsteady rebuilding process began after 2000, and gained pace after the Djibouti Agreement of 2008. The northeastern region of Puntland maintains its own separate military forces.