An estimated 4,500 troops are in Somalia under the Africa Union (AU) mission, alongside about 2,000 deployed through bilateral arrangements. UPDF deployed to Somalia in March 2007, becoming the first country to land in Mogadishu, a city once torn apart by rival clan warlords.
UPDF soldiers board a plane at Entebbe Airport to head to Somalia on March 8, 2007.
By: Umar Kashaka and Joshua Kato, Journalists @New Vision
NEW ERA
MOGADISHU - In what could be a close one of the country’s most significant foreign security commitments, Uganda has begun withdrawing its troops
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