MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Ugandan government has changed a contingent which had secured the recently concluded parliamentary elections in Barawe town of Southwest state.
According to a statement by African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), the soldiers, who were deployed to the mission in March 2021 have completed their one-year tour of duty.
The soldiers from battle Group 32 will be replaced by Battle Group 35.
ATMIS has hailed the outgoing troops for intensifying the fight against al-Shabab terrorists in the coastal Barawe region in southern Somalia.
Diomede Ndegeya, ATMIS Force Commander awarded medals and certificates to the soldiers from battle Group 32 on Saturday for their contribution to the ongoing peacebuilding process in Somalia.
“You have done this mission and your country proud. You have served with professionalism, discipline, and commitment in the advancement of the mission’s mandate. And it is partly through your commitment and sacrifice that Somalia is enjoying relative peace,”
Ndegeya said in a statement issued on Saturday evening in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
According to Ndegeya, upon their deployment in the different military bases in Barawe and Beldamin, the soldiers conducted and sustained key military operations to degrade al-Shabab.
Keith Katungi, contingent commander of Ugandan troops in Somalia, said the troops helped secure main supply routes and population centers in their area of responsibility, which enabled local communities to go about their lives normally.
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