Burundi Troops Ready for Deployment in Somalia

Two Burundian battalions will be deployed into Somalia as accordance to the African union. After six weeks of training and supervision by U.S. army officials the troops were deployed on October 4th. This training has made a closer bond between the Burundian and the U.S. which was not good since the war in Burundi in 1993 when the Democratic President was assassinated. These troops were also trained by the French. The U.S. has promised telecommunication materials and France has promised transport support, since the deployment of the troops was delayed due to lack of these materials. This will be the fist large scale mission involving soldiers form Burundi.