SOMALIA, Kismayo: A handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 04 October, shows an aerial view of a Kenyan Navy launch just off the coast north of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo. The last bastion 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 Batt
SOMALIA, Kismayo: A handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 04 October, shows an aerial view of a Kenyan Navy launch just off the coast north of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo. The last bastion 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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