... as opposed to the more usual name-calling or slapsy...
between the Jubbaland state forces and al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...occurred in the Sijngaleyr area near the southern port city of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
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The battle came after al-Shabaab fighters attacked the Jubbaland military base, which is used to protect the security of Kismayo, the capital of the Lower Jubba region.
It is not known the official casualties caused by the attack, which residents said was very intense and lasted for almost an hour, in which different types of weapons were used.
Preliminary reports say that the commander of the Jubbaland army in Singaleyr area and two other soldiers were maimed in the shootout between the two sides.
Kismayo lies about 500 kilometers south of Mogadishu, the Somali capital. It has been under Kenyan army control since 2012.
Al-Shabaab often carries out such attacks on Jubbaland and Kenyan troops who are part of the ATMIS — 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...
Transitional Mission in Somalia.
Jubaland has recently announced it readied a fresh push to retake the areas that remained under al-Shabaab, a decision that came after President declared in 2022 an all-out war.