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Amisom captures key town in Somalia

Amisom troops in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region on August 30, 2014 in this handout picture released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. AFP PHOTO | AMISOM HANDOUT | TOBIN JONES

By  Fred Oluoch

Contributor in Nairobi, Kenya

Nation Media Group

African Union peacekeepers in Somalia have liberated the first major town since the beginning of the year.

The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) announced that they captured Jannale — a stronghold of al-Shabaab — on March 17, 2020.

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