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Uganda lost 54 soldiers during recent al-Shabaab attack in Somalia

Anadolu Agency 04 Jun 2023
... peacekeeping force's base in Somalia -- the first-time the country has acknowledged a figure for soldiers killed by the terror group ... He said the mistake in Somalia was made by two commanders who ordered the soldiers to retreat.
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Uganda Says 54 Peacekeepers Killed In Somalia Attack

MENA FN 04 Jun 2023
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) AFP Kampala. Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the ... .
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More than 50 Ugandan peacekeepers killed in Al-Shabaab attack in Somalia

France24 04 Jun 2023
Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country ... .
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Ugandan president says 54 peacekeepers killed in deadly attack in Somalia

China.dot.org 04 Jun 2023
KAMPALA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni late Saturday said 54 of the country's peacekeeping troops were killed in a deadly attack last week in southwest Somalia ... Somalia (ATMIS) at Bulo Marer town, about 120 km southwest of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
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Al-Shabab killed 54 Ugandan soldiers in Somalia, says Museveni

Al Jazeera 04 Jun 2023
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers in an al-Shabab attack on a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia ... Al-Shabab has been fighting since 2006 to replace Somalia’s Western-backed government with its own rule based on a strict interpretation of Islamic law.
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Uganda says 54 AU peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

Manila Standard 04 Jun 2023
At least 54 African Union peacekeepers were killed when militants attacked a base housing Ugandan units in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said ... Al-Shabaab, which has been waging a deadly insurgency against Somalia’s fragile central government for more than a decade, claimed responsibility for the dawn attack on May 26.
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Al-Shabaab attack on African Union base in Somalia saw 54 Ugandan peacekeepers die, country's president says

The Daily Mail 04 Jun 2023
Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists ... Ugandan troops make up part of the African Union force in Somalia (File photo).
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Uganda Reports 54 Peacekeepers Killed in Somalia Jihadist Attack

Voa News 04 Jun 2023
Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country ... It is drawn from Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya, with troops deployed in southern and central Somalia.
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Somalia: U.S. Drone Strike Kills 3 Al-Shabaab Members in Somalia

All Africa 03 Jun 2023
Mogadishu -- The United States said its military in Africa conducted a new airstrike against al-Shabab in Somalia on Thursday, June 1, killing three militants ....
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Climate Change And Conflict Are Wreaking Havoc In Somalia

MENA FN 03 Jun 2023
(MENAFN - SomTribune) DOOLOW, SOMALIA. JANUARY 12. Displaced Somali women carrying gathered wood for burning in the nearby IDP settlement on January 12, 2023 in Doolow, Somalia.(Photo by Giles ... .
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Somalia: Somali President Arrives in Turkey to Attend Erdogan's Inauguration Ceremony

All Africa 03 Jun 2023
Ankara -- The president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh arrived in Turkiye's capital Ankara on Friday to attend the inauguration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ....
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Over 60 Terrorists Killed In Military Operations In Somalia - Agency

MENA FN 03 Jun 2023
(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) CAIRO, June 3 (KUNA) -- At least 60 "terrorist" militias, connected to Al-Qaeda group, were killed Saturday in two military operations carried out by Somalia's ... .

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