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Uganda says it has started withdrawing troops from Somalia

Straits Times2 November 2026, 11:57 UTCUganda

KAMPALA, Nov 2 - Uganda said on Monday it had begun withdrawing its troops from Somalia as part of a phased drawdown that will end an almost two-decade deployment helping Mogadishu fight the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgency.

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