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Somalia's government troops retake El Wak town from Al Shabaab
[AFRICANEWS] Somalia’s government troops on Saturday recaptured the town of El Wak, South of the country a day after it was seized by Al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... fighters on Friday. The fighters first started with a raid of a military base, killing dozens and pushing residents out of the town, before taking’ complete control of El Wak. With the help of African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), government troops managed to regroup and carry out an overnight attack that pressed the murderous Moslems out of the town in the early hours of Saturday. There are conflicting numbers as to how many Somali soldiers were killed during the attack, however some reports put the number at six. The fighters reportedly wore Kenyan military uniforms and arrived in vehicles stolen from the Kenyan army. El Wak is a strategic town located near the Somali border with Kenya, also a main supply route for Kenyan troops operating in southwestern Somalia. Al-Shabaab lost the town in 2011 when Kenyan troops crossed border into Somalia. Posted by: Fred 2016-09-18 |
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