Soldiers from the UN-backed Amisom force are edging towards the Islamist militants’ stronghold of Kismayo Colonel Kayanja Muhanga is describing his troops’ latest victory when suddenly there is a rattle of machine-gun fire somewhere beyond the fortified base set among thorn trees and cacti. “That’s about three kilometres away,” the Ugandan commander says. “Mop-up operations.

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