 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waAugust 6, 2011, Al-Shabaab yakamanikidzwa kubva kunzvimbo zhinji dzeMogadishu. Al-Shabaab yakanga ichiri kuchengetedza nzvimbo dzayo kumucheto kuchamhembe kweguta guru, asi muna Ndira 2012, kuedza kwakabatana kwehurumende yeSomalia nemauto eAMISOM kwakanga kwavadzinga zvachose muguta. Kupesana kwepfungwa mukati mehutungamiri hweAl-Shabaab kwakabudawo mushure mekusanaya kwemvura muna 2011 uye kuurayiwa kwevakuru vakuru musangano. Nechikamu chikuru cheMogadishu chakachengeteka, mauto eSomalia nemauto eKenya akazotanga Operation Linda Nchi., kufambira mberi pamwe chete kurwisa Al-Shabaab, muna Gumiguru 2011. Kuvhiya uku kwakanga kwataurwa kuti kwakanga kwakarongwa kwemakore anoda kusvika maviri, panguva iyo vakuru vakuru veKenya vakatsvaka kutsigirwa neUnited States nokuda kwebasa racho. Mushure mekupedza kubudirira kweOperation Linda Nchi muna Chivabvu 2012, mauto eKenya akabatanidzwa zviri pamutemo muAMISOM muna Chikumi. Mushure meOperation Linda Nchi, guta rechiteshi cheKismayo ndiro raive guta guru rekupedzisira rakasara riri pasi pehutongi hweAl-Shabaab. Mauto eAMISOM anotungamirwa neKenya, achitsigirwa neboka reRaskamboni, akabva atanga kurwisa Kismayo musi wa28 Gunyana 2012. Pashure pokurwa kwemazuva matatu, mauto ehurumende yeSomalia akakwanisa kudzora guta racho. Mwedzi waSeptember 2012 wakaonawo kugadzwa kweHurumende yeFederal yeSomalia. 