Battle of Janale (2015)

2015 Battle of Janale
Part of the War in Somalia
Date1 September 2015
LocationJanale, Somalia
Result

AMISOM strategic victory; Al-Shabaab tactical victory

  • AMISOM troops repulse Al-Shabaab attack on the base
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab

AMISOM

Units involved
Sheikh Abu Zubeyr Battalion UPDF
Strength
Dozens Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 70 Ugandan soldiers killed (Al-Shabbab claim)[1]
50 Uganda soldiers killed, another 50 missing (Western officials claim)

The battle took place when Al-Shabaab militants stormed an AMISOM base in Janale when one of its fighters rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the perimeter of the base, then a team of heavily armed fighters entered the breach and attacked the troops inside.[2] The attack was launched to commemorate one anniversary after the group's former leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike in the previous year.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Somalia attack: Al-Shabab attacks African Union Janale base". BBC News. 1 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia". Long War Jounal. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Al Shabaab militants raid AU troops base in Somalia". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
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