Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kismayo_(2012)" id="mwATk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Kismayo (2012)">assault</a> on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.<sup about="#mwt205" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"}}' id="cite_ref-39" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_28#cite_note-39" id="mwATo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 39;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATs">[39]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"><cite about="#mwt202" class="citation news cs1" id="mwCQg"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19754639" id="mwCQk" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Somali militant base of Kismayo attacked by Kenyan forces"</a>. <i id="mwCQo"><a href="./BBC_News" id="mwCQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>. 28 September 2012<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCQw">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCQ0">28 September</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt202" class="Z3988" id="mwCQ4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=Somali+militant+base+of+Kismayo+attacked+by+Kenyan+forces&amp;rft.date=2012-09-28&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-africa-19754639&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+28"></span></span>