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Somalia: Kenyan Soldiers in Major Clash With Al-Shabaab
Nation, 20 March 2016
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers have killed 21 Al-Shabaab militants in a shootout in Lower Juba Region in Somalia and recovered weapons. Read more »
Kenyan Soldiers in Major Clash With Al-Shabaab
Kenya Defence Forces say a convoy of soldiers operating under the African Union Mission in Somalia were on their way to Afmadow when they engaged Al-Shabaab militants who had laid in ambush.
KDF soldiers on patrol in Afmadow, Somalia. On Saturday, March 19, 2016, KDF soldiers killed 21 Al-Shabaab militants in a shootout in Lower Juba Region in Somalia and recovered weapons. Two Kenyan soldiers also died in the shootout.
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