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Militants Attack 4 African Union Peacekeeping Bases in Somalia, Reports Say

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Militants Attack 4 African Union Peacekeeping Bases in Somalia, Reports Say

12:54 GMT 05.12.2020

Ugandan soldiers of African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) patrol in Merka, Southern Coastal Somalia, on September 19, 2019. - Sputnik International

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Unidentified militants have attacked four military bases in southern Somalia where members of the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia were stationed, the Somali Guardian news portal reports on Saturday.

According to the portal, the attacks took place at AMISOM bases near the towns of Abdalla Birole, Dhobley, Janale, and Elasha, where Kenyan and Ugandan soldiers were based. There are no reports on casualty numbers at this stage, the portal stated.

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Site Security Team Task Force Guardian, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provides security for a C-130J Super Hercules from the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) at an unidentified location in Somalia Wednesday, June 10, 2020. No country has been involved in Somalia's future as much as the United States but now the Trump administration is thinking of withdrawing the several hundred U.S. military troops from the nation at what some experts call the worst possible time. - Sputnik International

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Trump Orders US Department of Defense to Withdraw Nearly All Troops From Somalia

5 December 2020, 00:20 GMT

The attacks took place just a few hours after US President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of nearly all US troops and military assets from Somalia by early 2021.

The Defence Department said that some of the troops may be reassigned to other regions outside of East Africa, although stressed that the US remained committed to its African partners.

A Central Intelligence Agency officer was killed in action during an operation in Somalia in November, US media outlets reported.