The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will conduct a series of training workshops for Somali civil servants in Burundi in the coming weeks, according to a press release issued Thursday (January 10th).

The workshops will take place in two sessions this month, training 120 public servants, such as secretaries, protocol officers and administrators. The Italian government has helped fund the programme, which the University of South Africa Graduate School of Business Leadership will facilitate.

The capacity-building exercises are in accordance with AMISOM's plan of action for Somalia that was agreed on in Kampala, Uganda in 2010, and in line with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's six-pillar policy for progress in stability, economic recovery, peace-building, service delivery, international relations and unity.