Editing Somalia (section)

=== Military ===
{{Main|Somali Armed Forces}}
[[File:Colonel Abdullahi Ahmed Irro - 1977.jpg|thumb|225x225px|[[Colonel]] [[Abdullahi Ahmed Irro]], the commander of the [[Somali Armed Forces]], pictured in 1977.]]
The [[Somali Armed Forces]] (SAF) are the military forces of the Federal Republic of Somalia.<ref>{{cite press release |date=29 October 2012 |title=AMISOM offers IHL training to senior officials of the Somali National Forces |url=http://amisom-au.org/2012/10/amisom-offers-ihl-training-to-senior-officials-of-the-somali-national-forces/ |publisher=AMISOM |access-date=20 March 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101132612/http://amisom-au.org/2012/10/amisom-offers-ihl-training-to-senior-officials-of-the-somali-national-forces/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Headed by the President as Commander in Chief, they are constitutionally mandated to ensure the nation's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.<ref name="Frspc"/>

The SAF was initially made up of the [[Somali National Army|Army]], [[Somali Navy|Navy]], [[Somali Air Force|Air Force]], [[Somali Police Force|Police Force]] and the [[National Security Service (Somalia)|National Security Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/Somalia%20Study_3.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004045134/http://www.marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/Somalia%20Study_3.pdf|title=Somalia: A Country Study – Army Ranks and Insignia |url-status=dead |access-date=1 June 2016}}. marines.mil.</ref> In the post-independence period, it grew to become among the larger militaries on the continent.<ref name="Ramsbotham 222" /> The subsequent outbreak of the [[Somali Civil War|civil war]] in 1991 led to the disbandment of the Somali National Army.<ref>Library of Congress Country Study, Somalia, [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+so0116) The Warrior Tradition and Development of a Modern Army] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407053203/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+so0116) |date=7 April 2023 }}, research complete May 1992.</ref>

In 2004, the gradual process of reconstituting the military was put in motion with the establishment of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The Somali Armed Forces are now overseen by the [[Ministry of Defence (Somalia)|Ministry of Defence]] of the Federal Government of Somalia, formed in mid-2012. In January 2013, the Somali federal government also re-opened the national intelligence service in Mogadishu, renaming the agency the [[National Intelligence and Security Agency]] (NISA).<ref>{{cite news|title=Somalia Re-Opens its National Intelligence & Security Agency|url=http://www.waltainfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6968:somalia-re-opens-its-national-intelligence-a-security-agency&catid=70:international-news&Itemid=309|access-date=1 September 2013|newspaper=Walta Info|date=10 January 2013|archive-date=9 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409112959/https://www.waltainfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6968:somalia-re-opens-its-national-intelligence-a-security-agency&catid=70:international-news&Itemid=309|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Somaliland Armed Forces|Somaliland]] and [[Puntland Security Force|Puntland]] regional governments maintain their own security and police forces.