Editing Somali Armed Forces (section)

===Disappearances of Somali soldiers===
In January 2021, the families of 370 Somali soldiers who were sent to Eritrea for training began protesting in Mogadishu, due to loss of contact with their relatives since November 2019. The parents of the soldiers called on President [[Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed]] "Faarmajo" to give them information as to their sons' whereabouts after the former deputy of Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency Abdisalan Yusuf Guled claimed the soldiers have died fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Mohamed's office has denied the claim. A parliamentary committee, the foreign affairs and defense committee, has demanded an explanation from President Farmaajo calling on him to dispatch a fact-finding mission to Asmara for an investigation into the disappearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_somali-lawmakers-demand-inquiry-alleged-troops-fighting-tigray/6201224.html|publisher=Voice of America|date= 26 January 2021|title=Somali Lawmakers Demand Inquiry on Alleged Troops Fighting in Tigray}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/feature/united-states-should-sanction-somalia%E2%80%99s-president-human-trafficking-177400|date=1 February 2021|title= The United States Should Sanction Somalia's President for Human Trafficking|publisher= National Interest}}</ref> On May 23, 2022, the last day of his presidency, Farmajo confirmed that 5,000 soldiers have concluded their training in Eritrea in mid 2021, saying that their return was delayed because of the election process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2022/May/186315/farmajo_confirms_somali_troops_trained_in_eritrea_during_final_speech_as_president.aspx|publisher= Hiiraan|date=23 May 2022|title= Farmaajo confirms Somali troops trained in Eritrea during final speech as President}}</ref>