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Uganda: Ugandan Soldiers Survive Six Days Hiding From Al-Shabab, Says Military
VOA, 6 June 2023
Ugandan soldiers hid for six days before being rescued after al-Shabab militants overran their base, a spokesperson for the Uganda Peoples' Defense Forces (UPDF) told VOA Somali. Read more »
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Uganda: 'Al Shabaab Will Regret Its Actions' - Museveni Breaks Silence On UPDF Attack in Somalia
Nile Post, 28 May 2023
President Museveni has described the Friday dawn attack on a UPDF forward operating base in Somalia by Al Shabaab militants as unfortunate but noted the Ugandan army will… Read more »
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Uganda: Soldiers Who Survived Al Shabaab Attack On UPDF Base in Somalia Steadily Recovering
Nile Post, 31 May 2023
Survivors of the deadly attack on a UPDF forward operating base in Somalia by Al Shabaab militants are steadily recovering, authorities have said. Read more »
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Uganda: UPDF Commanders Sending Their Relatives, Cooks to Somalia to Fight Al Shabaab, Says Museveni
Nile Post, 29 May 2023
In the aftermath of a deadly attack on a UPDF forward operating base in Somalia, President Museveni has accused some army commanders of deploying their relatives and cooks to fight… Read more »
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Uganda: Al Shabaab Militants Mount Deadly Attack On UPDF Base in Somalia
Nile Post, 26 May 2023
Al Shabaab jihadists have stormed an African Union Transition Mission in Somalia(ATMIS) base housing Ugandan troops triggering a fierce firefight, reports from Somalia indicate. Read more »
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Uganda: Mistakes Were Made in Somalia Attack - Museveni
Independent (Kampala), 28 May 2023
Presdent Yoweri Museveni has indicated that there were mistakes made by a company of UPDF soldiers when Al-Shabaab rebels attacked their Forward Operational Base leading to a loss… Read more »
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Somalia: U.S. Conducts Air Strike On Al-Shabab in Somalia
VOA, 28 May 2023
The United States conducted an airstrike on al-Shabab militants Friday in Somalia, according to U.S. Africa Command. Read more »
'Al-Shabaab Will Regret Actions on Ugandan Soldiers in Somalia'
An Al-Shabaab attack took place on an AU peacekeeper operating base in Bulo Marer, 120 kilometers southwest of the capital Mogadishu on May 26, 2023.
The Al-Shabaab militants claimed in a statement that it carried out suicide bomb attacks and killed 137 Ugandan soldiers, while others were taken as prisoners of war. However, these claims have not yet been independently verified.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni described the Friday dawn attack as unfortunate but noted the Ugandan army will retaliate. The president's statement, like the earlier statement by the African Union Transition Mission, did not mention the number of casualties.
"Some of the soldiers there did not perform as expected and panicked, which disorganized them and the Al-Shabaab took advantage of that to overran the base and destroy some of the equipment," the president said in his statement.
The president said the chief of the Uganda Defence Force has set up a board of inquiry to investigate the matter and that at a later time, will come up with the details of the casualties.
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