UPDF captures Somali territory from Al-Shabaab

Somali forces backed by African Union troops retake another key stronghold from Islamist militants al-Shabab as part of a renewed offensive.

The US missiles that smashed into Somalia’s Islamist chief this week ended the life of the one of the world’s most wanted men, but not the danger of his Shabaab insurgents.

Mogadishu, Sunday. Al shabaab militants launched a major suicide attack on Sunday against a military intelligence base in the capital Mogadishu, setting off a car bomb before storming inside, security officials said.

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The Uganda People’s Defence Force has approved the retirement of at least 1,400 soldiers, military sources said.

>The Uganda People’s Defence Force will only leave South Sudan if there is an alternative security arrangement, Maj Gen David Muhoozi, the commander of Land Forces has said.

The Customs Territory, a trilateral arrangement by Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya, will be harmonised within the wider East African Community (EAC) Single Customs Territory, it was observed here at the weekend.

The envisaged single customs territory (SCT) is likely to fare badly, cargo clearing and forwarding agents say.