An elite unit of Somalia’s national security forces capable of responding to any security crisis in the capital of Mogadishu. Foreign counterparts have been training the alpha group to beef up the capability of the police and military units in responding to emergency situations, aid the police in special operations and investigations into areas abandoned by the al-Shabaab fighters, and to protect the security of the foreign diplomats coming to the capital. They are 300 persons only. We need to hire more, the Somalis in west can join.