烏干達稱已開始從索馬利亞撤軍

坎帕拉，11月2日（路透）— 烏干達週一表示，該國已開始從索馬利亞撤軍，這是分階段縮減兵力的一部分；這項縮減將結束近20年的派兵部署，該部署一直協助摩加迪休打擊與基地組織有關聯的青年黨叛亂活動。KAMPALA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Uganda said on Monday it had begun withdrawing its troops from Somalia as part of a phased drawdown that will end an almost two-decade deployment helping Mogadishu fight the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgency.

• 據國營媒體報導，烏干達在非洲聯盟授權的非盟駐索馬利亞支援及穩定特派團（AUSSOM）架構下，約有4500名士兵部署在索馬利亞；不過，在另一項雙邊安排下還部署多少額外兵力，目前尚不清楚• Uganda has about 4,500 troops deployed in Somalia under the African Union-mandated AU Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), according to state media, though it is unclear how many additional forces are deployed under a separate bilateral arrangement

• 烏干達人民國防軍（UPDF）發言人克里斯・馬格齊（Chris Magezi）在聲明中表示，第一批撤離的是根據雙邊安排部署的部隊• The first troops to leave are those deployed under the bilateral arrangement, Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesperson Chris Magezi said in a statement

• 馬格齊表示：「UPDF已開始縮減根據與（索馬利亞）聯邦政府的雙邊安排部署在索馬利亞的部隊，立即生效。」他並補充說，第一批人員已返回國內• "UPDF has embarked on the drawdown of troops deployed in Somalia under bilateral arrangements with (Somalia's) Federal Government, effective immediately," Magezi said, adding that the first cohort had already returned home

• 他表示，烏干達將在2027年底前，逐步撤出在索馬利亞的所有兵力，包括在AUSSOM架構下服役的部隊• Uganda will gradually withdraw all its forces from Somalia, including those serving under AUSSOM, by the end of 2027, he said

• 在兩名外交消息人士證實的一封10月31日由AUSSOM致聯合國索馬利亞支援辦公室的信函中，該特派團警告，撤軍可能使下謝貝利地區部分區域容易遭青年黨攻擊• In an October 31 letter from AUSSOM to the UN Support Office in Somalia, verified by two diplomatic sources, the mission warned the withdrawal could leave parts of the Lower Shabelle region vulnerable to al Shabaab attacks

• 索馬利亞外交國務部長阿里・奧馬爾（Ali Omar）告訴路透：「目前情況還不嚴峻，但如果他們的部隊突然撤出，可能會造成問題」• Ali Omar, Somali state minister for foreign affairs, told Reuters: “Things are not dire now, but it could create problems if their troops suddenly pull out”

• 青年黨對索馬利亞政府發動叛亂約20年，企圖奪取政權並強制實施其對伊斯蘭法律的嚴格詮釋• Al Shabaab has waged an insurgency against Somalia's government for about two decades, seeking to seize power and impose its strict interpretation of Islamic law

• 該組織持續對軍事與平民目標發動爆炸與槍擊攻擊• The group continues to carry out bombings and gun attacks against military and civilian targets

（費薩爾・阿里摩加迪休報導、文森特・穆莫・恩齊拉尼奈洛比報導；埃利亞斯・比里亞巴雷馬撰稿；喬治・奧布盧察、阿穆・坎南皮利與羅斯・羅素編輯）(Reporting by Faisal Ali in Mogadishu and Vincent Mumo Nzilani in Nairobi; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by George Obulutsa, Ammu Kannampilly and Ros Russell)