Somalia’a army chief, general Abdiweli Jama’a Gorod and other military officials have on Wednesday reached Kismayo, the interim capital of Jubbaland state.
The visit of the commander is aimed to facilitate the security operations against Al-shabab fighters in Jubbaland regions.
General Gorod and his delegation paid visit Sanguuni military base in the outskirts of Kismayo where the government forces and US Special Forces have vacated recently.
The commander stated that the government forces have killed over 120 Al-shabab fighters in an intensive security operations conducted at Bay, Bakool, Hiran, Jubba and Shabelle regions.
He praised the operations as successful and promised that it will continue until all the areas under Al-shabab are liberated.
Hours after the withdrawal of the allied troops, Jubbaland president Ahmed Mohamed Islam, Madoobe visited Baar Sanguuni village to assess the situation on the ground.
Madoobe held talks with the local authorities and elders in the area and directed the forces to go back to the military base.
Allied forces in have vacated their military base in Sanguuni on Sunday after two consecutive deadly attacks by Al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab fighters on Friday attacked the base from different directions leading to clashes between the troops at the base and Al-Shabab fighters.
According to statements by both Al-Shabab and U.S. military, the fighting caused the death of one U.S military soldier and injuries of four others.
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