Battle of Janale (2015)

2015 Battle of Janale
	Part of the War in Somalia
Date	1 September 2015
Location	Janale, Somalia
Result	Al-Shabaab tactical victory, AMISOM strategic victory AMISOM troops repulse Al-Shabaab attack on the base
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab	AMISOM Uganda
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Unknown
Units involved
Al-Shabaab Sheikh Abu Zubeyr Battalion;	Uganda UPDF;
Strength
Al-Shabaab: Dozens	Uganda: Unknown
Casualties and losses
: Unknown	: 70 Ugandan soldiers killed (Al-Shabbab claim) ; 50 Uganda soldiers killed, another 50 missing (Western officials claim)

The battle took place when Al-Shabaab militants stormed an AMISOM base in Janale when one of its fighters rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the perimeter of the base, then a team of heavily armed fighters entered the breach and attacked the troops inside.^[2] The attack was launched to commemorate one anniversary after the group's former leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike in the previous year.^[3]

References[]

↑ "Somalia attack: Al-Shabab attacks African Union Janale base". BBC News. 1 September 2015. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34113503.
↑ "12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia". Long War Journal. http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/09/12-ugandan-troops-killed-as-shabaab-assaults-base-in-somalia.php. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
↑ "Al Shabaab militants raid AU troops base in Somalia". https://horseedmedia.net/2015/09/01/al-shabaab-militants-raid-au-troops-base-in-somalia/. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

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[1] "Somalia attack: Al-Shabab attacks African Union Janale base". BBC News. 1 September 2015. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34113503.

[2] "12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia". Long War Journal. http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/09/12-ugandan-troops-killed-as-shabaab-assaults-base-in-somalia.php. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[3] "Al Shabaab militants raid AU troops base in Somalia". https://horseedmedia.net/2015/09/01/al-shabaab-militants-raid-au-troops-base-in-somalia/. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

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