Battle of Janale (2015)

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's death, who was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike in the previous year.[3]

2015 Battle of Janale
Part of the War in Somalia
Date1 September 2015
Location
Janale, Lower Shebelle, 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
 UPDF
Strength
dozens of unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown 70 killed
(Al-Shabbab claim)[1]
50 killed
50 missing
(Western officials claim)

References
  1. "Somalia attack: Al-Shabab attacks African Union Janale base". BBC News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. "12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia". Long War Journal. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. "Al Shabaab militants raid AU troops base in Somalia". Horseed Media. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

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