More on This Story Mogadishu (Sunatimes) Heads of the African Union
mission in Somalia have confirmed the deployment of nearly 3,000 troops of UPDF
into mogadishu. Senior army officers Fred Mugusha confirmed last
week that at least 3,000 troops have been reinforced to join 9000 troops
currently battling alshabab despite growing concerns that the presence in
Somalia of Uganda’s army poses a serious terrorist danger to the country.
In recent months , Alshabab has been beaten back
from areas in the capital, Mogadishu and some key towns in Gedo and Lower Jubba
following an offensive by pro-government forces.
Somalia has been without an effective central
government since the fall of Siad Bare in 1991. By Abdirizak and Ahmed
Saadam
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