SInce August 2012 police units from seven contributing African Union countries have been tasked with the job of assisting the Somali Police Force (SPF) to secure Mogadishu and transform the SPF into a credible and effective policing organization.
Police from the Nigerian Formed Police Unit (FPU) establish a checkpoint along Balad Road in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu. Along with roving night patrols, police units establish sniper and observation positions in critical junctions throughout the city to monitor movements of Al Shabaab operatives.
