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Operation Linda Nchi

2011 military operation

Operation Linda Nchi (Swahili: Linda Nchi; "Protect the Country") was a military operation in Kenya. In it, the Kenya Defence Forces were sent into southern Somalia in 2011-2012.[48][4][49] They were sent to fight Al-Shabaab insurgents .The Kenyan government said that the operation was done in 2012. After this, its forces joined AMISOM in Somalia.[50][51][52]

Operation Linda Nchi
Part of the Somali Civil War (2009–present)
Date16 October 2011 – 31 May 2012
(7 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Somalia
Result Al-Shabaab weakened; KDF forces integrated into AMISOM
Territorial
changes		 Capture of Qoqani,[5] Kolbio,[6] Fafadun,[7] Elade,[8] Hosingo,[9] Badhadhe[10] Afmadow,[11] Tabda,[12] Ras Kamboni,[13] Burgabo,[14] Busar,[15] Hayo[16]
Belligerents
 Kenya[1]
Somalia TFG[1]
Raskamboni Front[2]
ASWJ[3]
Azania[4]		 Al-Shabaab
Commanders and leaders

Kenya Julius Karangi[17]
Kenya Leonard Ngondi[18]
Kenya Mohamed Yusuf Haji[19]
Somalia Hussein Arab Isse[19]

Ahmed Madobe[2][20][21][22][23]

Ibrahim al-Afghani[24][25]
Mukhtar Robow[26]
Hassan Turki[27][28]

Sheikh Aweys[29]
Strength
Kenya: More than 6,000 security personnel at peak, including police[30] Al-Shabaab: Total size of 3,000 "hard-core fighters", 2,000 "allied militants" at end of 2012[31]
Casualties and losses

Total: 21–72 killed, 152 injured

67 allied forces killed[nb 1][32]

One Harbin Z-9 destroyed (mechanical failure)[39]

One patrol boat damaged.[40]		 Total: 700 militants killed,[34] 61 captured[nb 2][32][41]

20 civilians killed (Somalia)[41][42][43][44]

30 civilians killed,[45]
6 policemen killed and 17 security forces injured (Kenya)[32][46][47]

Some people think that the Kenyan government wanted to make a buffer zone between Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia and Kenya.[53][54] People also think that Kenya also probably wanted to be seen as a partner with the United States.[55]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Casualties and losses according to Al-Shabaab
  2. ↑ Casualties and losses according to Kenyan military

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Joint Communique – Operation Linda Nchi". Kenya High Commission, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Former Alshabaab, Ras Kamboni leader talks to Kenyan Media Archived 22 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Bartamaha.com (13 November 2011).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heavy Fighting in Southern Somalia Archived 12 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. SomaliaReport.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The Kenyan Military Intervention in Somalia" (PDF). International Crisis Group. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Kenya: Army Hit Somali Terror Base". allAfrica.com. 17 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Somalis helping Kenyan forces tackle Shabaab Archived 22 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Capital Radio.co.ke (19 November 2011).
  7. ↑ "Kenya-Somalia: Kenyan troops on the march in Somalia". Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  8. ↑ Kenya push al-Shabaab from two towns Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. News24 (6 January 2012).
  9. ↑ "NEXUS on Twitter". twitter.com.
  10. ↑ "NEXUS on Twitter". twitter.com.
  11. ↑ "Kenyan, Somali troops capture Afmadow:rebels".[permanent dead link]
  12. ↑ "KDF capture major areas in Somalia".
  13. ↑ "Kenyan forces capture Shabaab's Ras Kamboni". 3 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "Kenya:A Big Salute to KDF".
  15. ↑ "KDF capture major areas in Somalia".
  16. ↑ "KDF capture major areas in Somalia".
  17. ↑ Kenya military chief suggests Somalia incursion could be long Archived 24 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Los Angeles Times. (30 October 2011).
  18. ↑ Leftie, Peter. (5 November 2011) The General Tasked With Wiping Out Al-Shabaab Archived 7 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Allafrica.com.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Somali President speaks out against Kenyan invasion Archived 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.au (4 May 2013).
  20. ↑ Lough, Richard. (16 August 2011) Kenya looks to Somali troops, militia to create border buffer Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Reuters.
  21. ↑ Al shabab, Raskamboni claim victory over fighting Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Shabelle.net.
  22. ↑ "Kenya's Political Failure in Southern Somalia". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  23. ↑ Kenya troops aim to carve 'buffer zone' out of Somalia Archived 20 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Global Post. (15 November 2011).
  24. ↑ Who are al-Shabab? Archived 16 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Al Jazeera.
  25. ↑ Murky world of Somalia's Islamist insurgents Archived 10 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian.
  26. ↑ Somali rebel urges attacks on Kenya Archived 6 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. News24.com (27 October 2011).
  27. ↑ Kenyan troops 100km inside Somalia Archived 20 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Capital Radio.co.ke (17 October 2011).
  28. ↑ Al-Shabaab threaten reprisals as Kenyan troops push into rebel-held Somalia Archived 27 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Al Arabiya.net (17 October 2011).
  29. ↑ Eritrea rejects Kenyan al-Shabab arms claims Archived 18 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Al Jazeera.
  30. ↑ Anderson, David; McKnight, Jacob (2015). "Kenya at war: Al-Shabaab and its enemies in Eastern Africa". African Affairs. 114 (454): 1–27. doi:10.1093/afraf/adu082.
  31. ↑ Swedberg, Jeffrey; Reisman, Lainie (22 February 2013). "Mid-Term Evaluation of Three Countering Violent Extremism Projects" (PDF). USAID. p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 Timeline: Operation Linda Nchi Archived 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Critical Threats (9 March 2012).
  33. ↑ Wabala, Dominic. (9 December 2011) Kenya: 128 TFG Soldiers Injured So Far in Somalia Battle Archived 26 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. allAfrica.com.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "KDF: We have killed 700 militants". Daily Nation. 7 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  35. ↑ "World news". The Guardian. London. 23 January 2008.
  36. ↑ Shabelle Media Network. Shabelle.net. Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  37. ↑ Shabelle Media Network. Shabelle.net. Archived 12 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  38. ↑ Shabelle Media Network. Shabelle.net. Archived 27 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  39. ↑ Five Kenyan soldiers killed in helicopter crash Archived 3 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. DefenceWeb.
  40. ↑ Rain halts Kenyan troops in Somalia | Capital News Archived 22 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Capital Radio.co.ke (20 October 2011).
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 "Kenyan troops 'kill 60 al-Shabab fighters' in Somalia". BBC News. 7 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  42. ↑ Kenya : Les forces engagées dans les opérations militaires en Somalie doivent respecter les lois de la guerre | Human Rights Watch Archived 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Human Rights Watch.
  43. ↑ [1][dead link]
  44. ↑ "Kenya: Investigate Bombing of Somali Village". hrw.org. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  45. ↑ Garowe Online Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Garowe Online (19 February 2012).
  46. ↑ "Kenyan official says 9 troops wounded by land-mine near border with Somalia".[dead link]
  47. ↑ Shabelle Media Network | | Shabakada Warbaahinta Shabelle | Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Shabelle.net.
  48. ↑ Williams, Paul D. “Joining AMISOM: Why Six African States Contributed Troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia.” Journal of Eastern African Studies 12, no. 1 (January 2, 2018): 172–92.
  49. ↑ Kron, Josh; Gettleman, Jeffrey (23 October 2011). "Other Nations Join Somalia Fight, Kenya Says". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  50. ↑ Gathara, Patrick (14 October 2016). "Operation Linda Nchi is a failure". The Star. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  51. ↑ Rajab, Ramadhan (23 May 2018). "Inside Kenya army's war on al Shabaab in Somalia". The Star. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  52. ↑ Nyamori, Moses (10 July 2018). "Withdraw our KDF soldiers from Somalia: MP". Kenyan Standard. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  53. ↑ "Kenyan troops pursue al-Shabab into Somalia in Operation Linda Nchi". Al Jazeera. 16 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  54. ↑ Rémy, Jean-Philippe (8 November 2011). "Kenya develops plan for satellite region of Jubaland on Somali border". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  55. ↑ "The Kenyan Military Intervention in Somalia" (PDF). International Crisis Group. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.


Further reading

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  • Williams, Paul, "Fighting for Peace in Somalia: A History and Analysis of the African Union Mission (AMISOM)", 2007–2017. Oxford University Press, 2018.
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