Taking over Elasha Biyaha and Afgoye corridor has reportedly enabled local residents to move freely between Afgoye and Mogadishu.

Brigadier General Audace Nduwumunsi, the Deputy AMISOM Force Commander, hailed and congratulated AMISOM forces for their professionalism in avoiding civilian casualties during the weeklong operation.

“By avoiding fighting in areas with large civilian concentrations, we have ensured that there was minimal displacement of people within the corridor,”

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Boubacar Diarra, urged aid agencies to start providing much needed humanitarian aid to hundreds of Somalis in the area.

“The humanitarian community can now provide much needed aid to the people of Afgooye,” Diara said in a press release.