{"id":25223,"date":"2026-01-15T14:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/25223\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:54:07","slug":"somali-uganda-au-forces-kill-over-thirty-shabaab-militants-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/25223\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali, Uganda, AU forces kill over thirty Shabaab militants in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> (<a style=\"color:black\" href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MENAFN<\/a>) Somali, Ugandan, and African Union (AU) troops killed more than 30 al-Shabaab militants and wounded several others during a coordinated operation in southern Somalia on Thursday, according to reports from the AU peacekeeping mission.<\/p>\n<p>The operation, supported by international partners, involved combined air and ground strikes near the Bulunagaad forward operating base. It targeted al-Shabaab positions to degrade the group\u2019s operational capacity in the Lower Shabelle region, as stated by the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM).<\/p>\n<p>The offensive followed attacks by al-Shabaab militants on Somali army and AUSSOM forces who were pursuing fighters previously driven out of coastal towns during the Somali-led Operation Hidden Sword.<\/p>\n<p>The AU mission affirmed that the joint forces will continue coordinated efforts to diminish al-Shabaab\u2019s capabilities and promote lasting peace, stability, and security across the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group active in southern and central Somalia, has been conducting an insurgency against the Somali government for more than 16 years, frequently targeting security forces, officials, and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Since July of last year, Somali forces, with support from AUSSOM and other international partners, have intensified operations against the militant group.<\/p>\n<p>The AU mission\u2019s mandate was renewed by the UN Security Council in December, with a UK-backed resolution extending its authorization through December 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color:black\" href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\/1110603448\/Somali-Uganda-AU-forces-kill-over-thirty-Shabaab-militants-in-Somalia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>MENAFN15012026000045017281ID1110603448<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> Legal Disclaimer:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MENAFN<\/a> provides the<br \/>\n              information \u201cas is\u201d without warranty of any kind. We do not accept<br \/>\n              any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images,<br \/>\n              videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information<br \/>\n              contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright<br \/>\n              issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(MENAFN) Somali, Ugandan, and African Union (AU) troops killed more than 30 al-Shabaab militants and wounded several others&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[153],"class_list":{"0":"post-25223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uganda","8":"tag-uganda"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}