Zuhur Fathi Muktar was among the first women to join the Somaliland Coastguard. Five years later, Captain Zuhur is the Head of Operations and encourages more women to join the Coast Guard. #InspiredByHer Read more: bit.ly/30rtXyD
EUCAPSOM
3,211 posts
EUCAPSOM
@EUCAPSOM
Joined July 2013
- Pleased to announce the arrival of our new Head of Mission, Mr. Kauko Aaltomaa from the 🇫🇮 police. Our mandate has been extended until the end of 2024 with continued support to Somalia’s #maritime sector and #police capabilities. For➕info, visit: bit.ly/3VOEVZv
- Deputy Police Commissioner @ZakiaHussen & EUCAP HoM, Maria-Cristina Stepanescu, inaugurated a "Ship in a Box" training facility for Somali Police Force #Maritime Police Unit. The facility allows law enforcement agencies to train boarding procedures to conduct inspections aboard.
- Running for a good cause: @EUCAPSOM Head of Mission, Deputy Head of Mission and several staff members participated on 8 March in #Mogadishu Memorial Run 2019, raising money for @AaminAmbulance, the only free ambulance service in Mogadishu. #halfmarathon #Somalia
- EUCAP-S has supported its Somali partners through these difficult times of #COVID19. For months, we have met online, so it was great to meet Deputy #Police Commissioner @ZakiaHussen face to face, keeping in mind all the precautionary measures still needed to fight the pandemic.
- Following a meeting between @Crickie2, UNSOM and Turkish military staff in Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu, EUCAP, @UNSomalia and @TC_Mogadishu have agreed to set up a working group to map the current status of the Somali Navy & Coast Guard and to explore possible ways forward.
- This week, we supported @EU_in_Somalia in inspection of Maritime Police Unit HQ building project, funded by #EU and implemented by @UNOPS_Somalia. The new HQ will enhance Somali Police Force Department of Coast Guard operational capability and service delivery.
- EUCAP Somalia police & project advisors have this week handed over laptops, with office software installed, to the planning team of the #Somali #Police Force, as part of wider support to Darwish planning and to Somali #policedevelopment.
- Today, Deputy Police Commissioner @ZakiaHussen & EUCAP’s Head of Mission M-C Stepanescu opened the INTERPOL Somalia's renewed office & welcomed new staff members. @EUCAPSOM supported NCB-INTERPOL with recruitment process, training officers & refurbishing the office. @INTERPOL_HQ
- EUCAP's Field Office Hargeisa has recently donated a training facility called a 'Ship-In-A-Box' to @somalilandcoas1 in Berbera. This facility will allow law enforcement agencies to train onboarding procedures to conduct inspections aboard merchant ships. 👉bit.ly/3BV5OSc
- Somaliland Coast Guard boat-drivers are on their own with the supervision and mentoring by Swedish Expert trainers on day five, training delivered by EUCAP and supported by Berbera Maritime and Fishery Academy for Nautical and Operations practical training on Maneuvering of boats
- Today our Deputy Head of Mission, Fabian Loewenberg, & our maritime advisors were honoured to meet Admiral Abdi Hamid Ahmed of the Somali Navy, & his team, to discuss EUCAP Somalia assistance to the Somali #CoastGuard, as part of civilian #maritimesecurity support in #Somalia.
- EUCAP's Field Office in Hargeisa joined the 24th Anniversary celebrations of #Somaliland Coast Guard (SLCG) in Berbera on 1 Oct. SLCG Commander, Admiral Mahamed Hussein Farah (Hiirane) thanked EUCAP for good cooperation and support in capacity building of SLCG. @VPsomaliland
