SOMALIA, Kismayo: 04 October, Colonel Cyrus Oguna, Kenyan Defence Force Spokesman speaking on behalf of the Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) speaks inside Kismayo airport. Col. Oguna said today the situation in Kismayo is relatively stable but that there is still a lot of work which needs to be done despite security improvements in the last few days since the departure of the once feared Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. Kismayo fell after night-time amphibious landing by troops the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Soma
SOMALIA, Kismayo: 04 October, Colonel Cyrus Oguna, Kenyan Defence Force Spokesman speaking on behalf of the Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) speaks inside Kismayo airport. Col. Oguna said today the situation in Kismayo is relatively stable but that there is still a lot of work which needs to be done despite security improvements in the last few days since the departure of the once feared Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. Kismayo fell after night-time amphibious landing by troops the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) shortly followed a few days later when the Somali National Army (SNA) and the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade militia supported by two AMISOM Battle Groups entered the port city on 02 October following a two month operation across southern Somalia which saw the liberation of villages and centres along a distance of 120km from Afmadow to Kismayo.
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