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Building An Army In Somalia, Teaching It To Fight

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European soldiers are training 2,000 Somalis to help build a national army to  defend a weak, Western-backed government in Mogadishu, Somalia. Here, a European soldier participates in the training of a Somali recruit at a training camp in remote Uganda. (NPR)
European soldiers are training 2,000 Somalis to help build a national army to defend a weak, Western-backed government in Mogadishu, Somalia. Here, a European soldier participates in the training of a Somali recruit at a training camp in remote Uganda. (NPR)

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