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Ethiopia – ENDF

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Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces stand in formation during a ceremony in Baidoa, Somalia, to mark the inclusion of Ethiopia into the African Union peace keeping mission in the country on January 22. AU UN IST PHOTO / Tobin Jones

Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces stand in formation during a ceremony in Baidoa, Somalia, to mark the inclusion of Ethiopia into the African Union peace keeping mission in the country on January 22. AU UN IST PHOTO / Tobin Jones

Located in the Horn of Africa, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia becomes the latest troop contributing country to the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). An advance team of 100 uniformed personnel arrived in Somalia on the 1st of January 2014 while the other three battalion-strong contingent deployed soon after.

The Ethiopia National Defence Forces (ENDF) has provided 4395 uniformed personnel will be located in AMISOM sector 3 region allowing Burundian and Ugandan forces to move into parts of Lower and Middle Shabelle allowing for the creation of Sector 5 in line with the AMISOM concept of operations.

Ethiopian troops constitute AMISOM’s sixth contingent, after Burundian, Sierra Leoneans, Djiboutian, Kenyan and Ugandan contingents.