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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - African Union peacekeepers patrolled the streets of Somalia's capital Tuesday for the first time since they arrived in March, moving out after the government declared victory over Islamic insurgents.
The AU troops — all from Uganda — met a surge of violence when they first arrived in Somalia, and were largely confined to their stations at the airport while Mogadishu endured some of its worst fighting in 15 years.
Somali and Ethiopian troops fought Islamic insurgents for weeks, prompting more than 340,000 people to flee to squalid camps with little to eat, no shelter and disease. At least 1,670 people were killed between March 12 and April 26, the local Elman Human Rights Organization said.
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