Ugandan peacekeepers kill 189 militants in SW Somalia

Ugandan peacekeepers killed 189 al-Shabaab militants and arrested two senior commanders in an offensive in the volatile Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region on Friday. KAMPALA, Jan. 23 – Ugandan peacekeepers killed 189 al-Shabab militants and arrested two senior commanders in an offensive in the volatile Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region on Friday. Lt. Col. Deo Akiiki, Uganda’s deputy military spokesperson in a statement issued here said Uganda’s contingent of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) raided al-Shabab hideouts in the thickets of Sigaale village, about 99.5 kilometers southwest of the capital Mogadishu. “The interdiction and on-spot ground target separate operations in Sigaale,…