
Ugandan army kills 189 Al Shabab fighters in Somalia
Military equipment and two commanders of the Al-Qaeda-linked group reportedly seized during raids in Lower Shabelle region
Uganda's army said its troops killed 189 fighters of the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab militant group in an attack on their camps on Friday.
Ugandan troops are part of the African Union peacekeeping mission deployed in Somalia to support the central government and stop Al Shabab's efforts to topple it.
The Ugandan People's Defence Force said in a statement that its soldiers raided Al Shabab hideouts in the villages of Sigaale, Adimole and Kayitoy, just over 100 kilometres south-west of the capital Mogadishu, in the Lower Shabelle region.
The raid "saw the forces put out of action 189 Al Qaeda-linked fighters and destroyed a number of military hardware and item...