Al-Shabaab Attack AU Army Base in Somalia

Abdiasis Abu Musab, a spokesman for Al-Shabab claims 14 of the group's fighters and 59 African Union Mission in Somalia troops have been killed in an overnight raid against a key Somali military base on the outskirts of Mogadishu.

Armed members of Al-Shabaab (file photo).

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