MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Jubaland regional forces captured management of most of Raskamboni city following intense clashes with Somalia’s military, who had been overwhelmed in a number of hours-long battles, forcing many to flee in the direction of the Kenyan border and give up, Caasimada On-line information web site reported on Wednesday.
Photographs circulating on social media depicted over a dozen Somali troopers surrendering to Kenyan border guards and their rifles piled in heaps, highlighting the extent of chaos throughout the ranks of troops who had been airlifted to Raskamboni simply weeks earlier.
The Somali military’s defeat in Raskamboni is a serious setback to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s bid to oust Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe—famend for outlasting a number of federal leaders—and comes simply after Mohamud deployed practically a thousand troops to the city, aiming to determine a strategic base for increasing his affect throughout the area.
The battle raged all through Wednesday, with each side accusing one another of frightening the battle, which seems to favor Jubaland chief Ahmed Madobe, who confronted the best menace to his management in over a decade when President Mohamud deployed troops to Raskamboni late final month, sparking mass defections inside Jubaland’s forces, drawing quite a few regional commanders to his facet—who had been later recognized and positioned beneath home arrest—and executing maneuvers within the Gedo area to weaken Madobe’s affect there.
Jubaland asserted that it inflicted heavy losses on Somali authorities troops, with dozens of troopers surrendering to its forces, vowing to not hurt any of the surrendering troops, together with these airlifted to Raskamboni. It additionally condemned the usage of drone strikes in opposition to its forces through the combating, calling it a blatant violation of the arms embargo lifting and pledging to establish international locations liable for the assault.
In the meantime, the Somali federal authorities alleged that Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe contacted Al-Shabaab, which reportedly offered him protected passage via territory beneath their management to advance in the direction of Raskamboni and launch an assault on authorities troops.
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