✦ History

Part of Somali Civil War (2009–present)

Operation Linda Nchi

October 16, 2011 · Somalia

Result Operational success

The Kenyan army entered southern Somalia to fight the al-Shabaab militant group. Kenyan troops later joined the African Union mission in Somalia.

On the map Contemporaries

Kenya

Al-Shabaab

Kenya
Somalia
al-Shabaab
Julius Waweru Karangi military commander Mohamed Yusuf Haji military commander
Sheikh Mukhtar Robow military commander Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki military commander Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad military commander Hassan Dahir Aweys military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
21–72