Somali and African Union (AU) forces have recaptured the southern town of Janaale, residents said on Monday. According to residents Al-Shabaab militants who controlled the city for months left without much resistance. “Units from Somali National Army and those of AMISOM with armoured vehicles took full control of the town of Janaale,” said one resident who declined to say his name.
It said the joint forces set up bases in and around the coastal port town and carried out searches to strengthen security in the city. Reliable sources said there was no fighting as the militants fled from the town before the advancing troops entered it. On September last Year Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia have killed “scores” of African Union troops in an attack on their military base in Janaale town.