{"id":395534,"date":"2011-04-25T02:43:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T02:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/25\/uganda-nation-to-send-more-troops-to-somalia\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T02:43:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T02:43:07","slug":"uganda-nation-to-send-more-troops-to-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/uganda-nation-to-send-more-troops-to-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Nation to Send More Troops to Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"22.1448750453\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a142097fmonitor180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Isaac Imaka<\/p>\n<p>23 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Uganda People&#8217;s Defence Forces Generals have asked for an additional 4,000 soldiers to be sent to the peace-keeping mission (Amisom) in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>Making the request before the parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs, the Commander of Land Forces, Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala, said, &#8220;Although the troops in the war-torn Somalia have registered success, there is need to fully wipe out the insurgents and have full control of the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see reduced al-Shabab activity both in Somalia and in the region but if we can finish them we will not be having them disturbing the peace.&#8221; UPDF currently boasts of 4,600 troops in Somalia and manages close to 60 per cent of the city, Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<p>The Amison Mission is a peace support operation in Somalia to stabilise the security situation in the country and ensure a peaceful transition to democracy. The UPDF have been in Somalia for the last four years and about 90 soldiers, according to Lt. Gen. Wamala have died.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104250171.html\" title=\"Uganda: Nation to Send More Troops to Somalia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uganda: Nation to Send More Troops to Somalia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Isaac Imaka 23 April 2011 The Uganda People&#8217;s Defence Forces Generals have asked for an additional 4,000 soldiers to be sent to the peace-keeping mission (Amisom) in Somalia. Making the request before the parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs, the Commander of Land Forces, Lt. 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