Just last week, two Ugandan soldiers were killed and three others injured in Somalia, adding to the growing list of our casualties in the lawless Horn of Africa country. Another Ugandan soldier was killed in May.
Uganda and Burundi together contribute all the approximately 4,500 soldiers that make up the African Union Peace Keeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
Early this week, member countries of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) which comprises Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti and Somalia held an extraordinary summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during which they urged the United Nations to take charge of AMISOM. They also called for at least 2,000 more soldiers to bolster the mission. Read More
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