Buulo Mareer News Today

Uganda intends to maintain its presence in Somalia

Crime

Three recent airstrikes in Somalia killed 10 al-Shabab fighters as the Somali government’s offensive has slowed.

General Addow was born in 1967 in the town of Buulo Mareer in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. He joined the army in 1988 and served in various units,

The impending drawdown comes just a month after an attack by the Al Shabaab at a base in Buulo Mareer manned by Ugandan troops.

Eight Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device in a suspected attack by Somalia-based jihadist group al-Shabaab, police said.The incident took place on Tuesday in Garissa county in eastern Kenya, a region on the border with Somalia, where al-Shabaab has been waging a bloody insurgency against the fragile government in Mogadishu for more than 15 years."We lost eight police officers in...

In readiness to respond to the terror threats, Kenya has constructed 14 fully equipped forward operating bases along the border with Somalia.

In the face of delayed or stalled offensive action taken against it, Shabaab seeks to rally its forces.

He cautioned troops not to relax because of Atmis drawdown but to instead be more aggressive.

He told the peace keepers that the strategic leadership had identified the weaknesses which caused al-Shabaab to attack and overran Buulo Marer camp, saying these were both tactical and external...