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EUTM Somalia starts (4): guided tour of the European camp in Bihanga

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general view of the camp today: on the left the "accommodation" area under tents, behind the sanitary part, in the foreground the future command and meeting building, on its right the future infirmary, in the background on the right the refectory , kitchens... (© NGV / Bruxelles2)

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The tent camp (top), fire extinguishers nearby, souvenir from Chad, a tent burns quickly

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4-bed tents - French, Spanish, Italian teams... (© NGV / Brussels2)

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A tent seen from the inside (© NGV / Brussels2)

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the toilets, hard, hot water even for the last arrivals, which is rare in a collective camp (© NGV / Bruxelles2)

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The refectory (which serves as a meeting room, command room... today) and behind the kitchen At the back on the left what will be the housing of the contractors, in front on the right what will be the foyer (drawn on the ground)

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Bihanga camp kitchen team

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the dishes concocted every day, it takes six months! (© NGV / Brussels2)

The daily camp

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Morning briefing, here the Spanish teams (© NGV / Brussels2)

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Rstaff meeting, daily in the evening, around Ltt Col Alessandro Fiori (in the middle), FHQ commander (© NGV / Brussels2)

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The essentials are insured: a computer, an internet connection, the roof to protect from the sun or... a shower and a bottle of water (© NGV / Brussels2)

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The schedule of the day and the French "sector" if you had not recognized it... (©NGV)

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Training jog (© NGV / Brussels2)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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