AMISOM is made up of thousands of soldiers from Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Djibouti, Sierra Leone and others starting in 2007. Siad Barre ruled as a military dictator and as a president during the last period of relative peace. In 1991, Civil War broke out and the misery began. Various international missions tried to intervene with bloody results. In 1993, A US helicopter squadron got ambushed trying to contain warlords in Mogadishu. Rocket propelled grenades took down several airships and 18 American soldiers lost their lives. The famous Black Hawk Down incident ended American and Western efforts to stop the violence and feed the populace. Rival clans fought for scant resources and an Islamic fundamentalist controlled much of the territory.
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It survived in a small place in Mogadishu, barely staying out of fire until the African Union came to the rescue. Four thousand Ugandan soldiers became the first African first African force to try and restore order. They landed on March 6th 2007. The Ugandan soldiers got a boost late in 2007 but the first batch of Burundi Indians arrived. Burundi had been a part of the civil war and many countries helped to restore its security hence Burundi decided to help other African countries, especially Somalia. Eventually Kenya, Djibouti, Sierra Leone and Nigeria added significance to the troop numbers in the AMISOM team. For nearly three long years, AMISOM did it’s best to protect the new government, the civilian population and themselves from the potent Al Shabaab opponent. The militia group was engaging AMISOM troop’s day in and day out. There were two major bombings in 2009. One killed 15 Burundi soldiers and another killed the Deputy AMISOM force commandant. The catalyst came when suicide bombers got into the AMISOM headquarters and simultaneously detonated two bombs at one of the force headquarters. The bombings also woke African officials to the idea that they have to go on the offensive. On August 6 2011, AMISOM pushed Al Shabaab out of
It survived in a small place in Mogadishu, barely staying out of fire until the African Union came to the rescue. Four thousand Ugandan soldiers became the first African first African force to try and restore order. They landed on March 6th 2007. The Ugandan soldiers got a boost late in 2007 but the first batch of Burundi Indians arrived. Burundi had been a part of the civil war and many countries helped to restore its security hence Burundi decided to help other African countries, especially Somalia. Eventually Kenya, Djibouti, Sierra Leone and Nigeria added significance to the troop numbers in the AMISOM team. For nearly three long years, AMISOM did it’s best to protect the new government, the civilian population and themselves from the potent Al Shabaab opponent. The militia group was engaging AMISOM troop’s day in and day out. There were two major bombings in 2009. One killed 15 Burundi soldiers and another killed the Deputy AMISOM force commandant. The catalyst came when suicide bombers got into the AMISOM headquarters and simultaneously detonated two bombs at one of the force headquarters. The bombings also woke African officials to the idea that they have to go on the offensive. On August 6 2011, AMISOM pushed Al Shabaab out of