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AMISOM troops secure Wanla Wey
Mogadishu 7
th October: Somali government forces with the support of secured the strategic town of Wanla Weyn Wanla Weyn is 93km from Mogadishu.
The securing of this town comes
from Afgooye to Baidoa with aim of connecting the two regions
strategic junction linking the two Shabelle regions to Baidoa and Beletweyne.
This advance is expected to deny fleeing Al Shabaab insurgents from seeking refuge and
destabilizing other regions of the country.
AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen Andrew Gutti commended his
significance of this move.
“Securing Wanla Wein will allow for free movement of the population who hav
until now, unable to go about their daily trade and business due to the restrictions of Al
Shabaab. It will also facilitate the provision of much needed humanitarian assistance to the
local population.”
Additionally the capture of this town denies Al
string of defeats and the loss of the
maan and Kismayo. Al Shabaab
populations in the towns they still control.
AMISOM Force Commander Lt
continuing determination to support the people of Somalia as they embark on a new path of
renewal and reconstruction. AMISOM will continue to bring security to more areas of Somalia
so that local people can live their lives and pursue their livelihoods in
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For more information, please
Eloi Yao and Colonel Ali Houmed
E‐mail: amisommediacentre@gmail.
AFRICAN UNION
254-20) 72167201; Fax: +254 20 7216275, Nairobi, Kenya
PRESS RELEASE
(For immediate release)
Weyn on Afgooye – Baidoa corridor
AMISOM
on the Afgooye to Baidoa corridor in lower Shabelle.
one day after AMISOM troops began their
regions. Wanla Weyn town falls at a
troops and explained the
have been restricted
Shabaab another source of illegal income after a
ing their major source of revenue in the seaports of Marka, El
habaab had stepped up their extortion of illegal taxes from the local
Lt-Gen Andrew Gutti “This operation demonstrates AMISOM’s
. freedom.”
Contact;
Houmed, Spokespersons
, Cell phone: (Nairobi) +254702155126
(Mogadishu) +252 699 244 461
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