Uganda Starts Pulling Troops Out of Somalia After Two Decades

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Uganda has begun withdrawing its soldiers from Somalia, ending a presence of about 20 years. The country was the first to send troops to the African Union mission created in 2007 to help stabilise Somalia. The drawdown marks a significant shift in Uganda's longstanding role in the East African nation. The article provided limited detail beyond this background, so further specifics on timing and reasons were not available in the source text.

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