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Africa Horn

Al-Shabaab ambushes Ethiopian military convoys in Somalia’s Bakool

2023-09-18

Al-Shabaab ambushes Ethiopian military convoys in Somalia https://t.co/tg8RRJMRNH
— Shabelle Media Network (@ShabelleMedia) September 17, 2023

Heavy fighting
... as opposed to the more usual name-calling or slapsy...
broke out in the Bakool region between Æthiopian troops and al-Shabaab

...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
fighters, who ambushed a military convoy on Sunday morning.

Al-Shabaab hard boyz ambushed two convoys of Æthiopian troops from Yeed and El Barde and headed to Wajid and Huddur, Bakool regional capital. The attack led to a fierce battle.

The heavy fighting caused casualties on the Æthiopian troops who were going to Wajid.

Officials in the Bakool region said that the fight had been going on for some time in the early morning of today, although they did not provide further details.

Al-Shabaab said they attacked Æthiopian troops near Rabdhure district in the Bakool region.

Æthiopia has troops in Somalia serving under the 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...
’s ATMIS mission and other are other non-ATMIS troops operating under an agreement between the two governments.

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