Carabinieri train 199 Somali police agents in Djibouti
(AGI) Djibouti, March 3 - The Carabinieri officially launchedthe Somalia 3 Italian training mission (MIADIT) a couple ofdays ago in Djibouti. The Carabinieri will train 199 Somalipolice agents, including 13 women. The capacity buildingproject was promoted in a bilateral cooperation agreementbetween the governments of Italy and Somalia and will beimplemented by the Carabinieri in the bordering Djibouti, asmall but strategically located former French colony at themouth of the Bab el Mandeb Strait between the Red Sea and theIndian Ocean, where Italy has a military base. This year'straining mission is the