Last week in Somalia, al-Shabaab militants attacked an African Union base in Somalia, killing 54 Ugandan peacekeepers. The bloody incident took place in the Somali city of Baraave.
About this at Twitter said Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. He also reported on another militant attack, which was successfully repelled by peacekeepers.
“We found the bodies of fifty-four fallen soldiers, including the commander. Al-Shabaab militants made another attempt to attack Baraavi, but our forces dealt a serious blow, forcing them to hide,” Yoweri Museveni wrote.
He previously stated that “some soldiers did not act as expected and panicked” when they were attacked by about 800 terrorists, forcing them to retreat to the nearest base about 9 km away.
France24 writes that such losses of Ugandan peacekeepers are among the most difficult since pro-government ATMIS forces, backed by the African Union, launched an offensive against al-Shabaab in August last year, and Museveni’s statement was a rare case of recognition by members African high death toll among the military.
Al-Shabaab militants are known to have continued their rebellion against the central Somali government for more than a decade. It was this organization that claimed responsibility for the May 26 attack, claiming that 137 soldiers were killed in the attack on the base. True, Islamists usually exaggerate claims of victories in battles for propaganda purposes, and the governments of countries contributing troops to African Union forces rarely confirm losses.
Earlier, GLOBAL HAPPENINGS reported that in October 2022, a terrorist attack occurred in the capital and largest city of Somalia, Mogadishu, which killed at least 100 people. About 300 more were injured in the explosion. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud blamed the Islamist group Al-Shabaab for the incident.
Source: Obozrevatel
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