MOGADISHU, 23 January, 2021 (TON): Working as a part of peacekeeping force, the Somalia soldiers killed 189 armed group fighters in an attack on one of their camps.

In Somalia, the Ugandan troops are part of the African Union peacekeeping mission, whose aim is to support the central government and stop the efforts of toppling the government.

In Sigaale, Adimole and Kayitoy, the soldiers have raided the hideouts in the villages just over 100km (62 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu, said the Ugandan People’s Defense Force (UPDF) in a statement.

He added, the forces put out of action 189 fighters and destroyed a number of military hardware and items used in the attacks.

In response to the raid by the UPDF, no comment was reported from the other party.

Until 2011, the group aimed to topple Somalia’s government and impose its own interpretation of laws and controlled most of south-central Somalia when it was driven out of Mogadishu by African Union troops. Major gun and bomb attacks are still carried out by rebels in the region despite the loss of territory.

Uganda was the first country to send peacekeeping forces to Somalia.