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# Communiqué de l'AMISOM
- URL: https://www.alwihdainfo.com/communique-de-l-amisom-a5663/
- Published: 2012-10-08T00:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-02T13:21:32.000Z
- Author: Alwihda Info
- Tags: COMMUNIQUE, #Import 2026-04-02 13:20

**African Union Mission for Somalia**  

**P.O. Box 20182- 00200; Tel: (+254**  

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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**UNION AFRICAINE**  

**UNIÃO AFRICANA**  

troops have  

211 km advance  

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Elstepped  

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