Battle of El Adde

2016 Battle of El Adde
	Part of the War in Somalia
	; Political situation in Somalia
Date	15 January 2016
Location	El Adde, Gedo, Somalia
Result	Major Al-Shabaab victory Kenya Defense Forces temporarily pull out of 3 towns in Gedo; Deadliest attack on AMISOM mission to date.; El Adde temporarily captured by Al Shabaab, recaptured by KDF four days later.;
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab	AMISOM Kenya; Federal Government of Somalia
Commanders and leaders
Ahmad Umar; (Emir of Al-Shabaab); Maalim Janow ; Mahad Mohammed Karatey; (Intelligence Chief); Ahmed Iman Ali; AbduQadir Ali †	Maj. Jeffrey Obuoge †; (KDF Commanding Officer); Warrant Officer Isaac Otsyalo †; Sgt. Juma Zahoro †; (Officer in KDF Intelligence Unit) Gen. Abas Ibrahim Gurey
Units involved
Saleh Nabhan brigade; Abu Zubair battalion	Kenya Army Infantry 9th Kenya Rifles; 5th Kenya Rifles;
Strength
200 fighters	Company: ~175 to around 600 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Unknown	: 150-400 killed 11 captured 12 wounded
	12 civilians killed
	* Al Shabaab leaders subsequently killed in retaliatory air-strikes (per Kenya's military).; ** Approximate casualty figure.

The Battle of El Adde took place on 15 January 2016. Al-Shabaab militants launched an attack on a Kenyan-run AMISOM army base in the town of El Adde, Gedo, Somalia. It remains the deadliest attack on the African Union Mission to Somalia and is the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) largest defeat since independence in 1963. As such, the Kenyan government went to extreme lengths to conceal the extent of its losses. It has been described by the media as a "military massacre" or military disaster. It was also the largest military defeat in Kenyan history.

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