News
Somalia: African Union claims success against Al-Shabaab militants
Thursday, December 29, 2011
African Union forces in Somalia have successfully pushed the Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab out of the capital Mogadishu, a commander told CNN Thursday.
The African Union Mission in Somalia, known as AMISOM, is trying to consolidate power for Somalia’s weak transitional federal government in Mogadishu, where Al-Shabaab had been especially active in its battle against that government.
“We have managed to beat them off,” said Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha, force commander for AMISOM. The government now has control of nearly 100% of the capital, he said.
“This is a very big achievement in my own view and the views of everybody else,” he said.