2017 Golweyn ambush

Golweyn ambush
Part of the War in Somalia

Map of Somalia, showing places significant for the ambush and its aftermath (clickable map)
Date30 July 2017
Location
Result Al-Shabaab victory
Territorial
changes
AMISOM retreats from Leego, which is then captured by al-Shabaab[2]
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab

AMISOM

Somalia Federal Government of Somalia[1]
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Uganda Unidentified commanders [3]
Units involved
Unknown

Uganda Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF)

Somalia Somali Armed Forces (SNAF)[4]
Casualties and losses
8 killed (local report)[5]
Heavy (Ugandan gov. claim)[5]
Ugandan:
12 killed, 7 wounded (Ugandan gov. claim)[3]
23 killed (Somali gov. claim)[2]
39+ killed (al-Shabaab claim)[3]
Somali: 1 killed[1]

The Golweyn ambush by al-Shabaab militants against an AMISOM convoy took place on 30 July 2017. Resulting in the death of several Ugandan soldiers, the attack seriously disrupted the control of pro-government forces over the Lower Shebelle region in Somalia, eventually leading to the fall of the strategically significant town of Leego to al-Shabaab.[2]

  1. ^ a b "African Union troops killed in al-Shabab ambush". Al Jazeera. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Harun Maruf (4 August 2017). "Al-Shabab Militants Retake Strategic Town in Western Somalia". Voice of America. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "UPDF confirms 12 dead in Somalia ambush". The Independent. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b "12 UPDF soldiers killed in Somalia". Daily Monitor. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "At least 11 soldiers killed in Al-Shabaab attack in Lower Shabelle-official". Goobjoog News. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.