Military and Police
The Transitional Federal Government's Ministry of Defense is officially responsible for the Somali National Army (SNA).
In August 2011, a TFG-Puntland cooperative agreement called for the creation of a Somali Marine Force unit, of which the already established Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) would form a part.
There are also plans for the re-establishment of the Somali Air Force.
In addition, a new police force was re-established to maintain law and order. The first police academy to be built in Somalia for several years opened on December 20, 2005 at Armo, 100 kilometres south of Bosaso. The Somali police also has a criminal investigations department in Mogadishu.
The autonomous Puntland and Somaliland regions within Somalia have their own security forces.
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