More than ten Kenyan soldiers died and five others injured in an attack by Al-Shabab fighters in Gedo region, near the Kenya-Somalia border. It comes after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device(IED). Officials have yet to reveal their names, but a former Kenyan presidential candidate said on Twitter …
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The African Union (AU) special representative in Somalia, Simon Mulongo, has been declared persona non grata and given seven days to leave this country in the Horn of Africa. The special AU envoy is accused of engaging in activities that were incompatible with the mandate of Amisom (African Union Mission …
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The African Union mission in Somalia (Amisom) has denied it supported government troops in recent clashes with the Ahlu Sunna wal Jama’a Sufi militia in the central town of Guriel, BBC News reports. The AU mission, accused of supporting Somali federal troops during recent clashes with the Sufi militia Ahlu …
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At least 160 Ugandan police officers will be deployed in conflict-threatened Somalia in December 2021, police said in a statement Thursday. Ugandan police said in a statement that the officers up for deployment ‘‘on October 14 completed a six-month intensive pre-deployment training course in peacekeeping operations of African Union Mission …
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