Islamist al Shabaab militants on Friday killed five soldiers at a Somali military base in a town recently re-captured by the government, troops and residents said. “The attack was eventually repelled,” Reuters agency quoted an officer at the base in the central Somali town of Galcad as saying. He said …
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At least nine people have died and several others injured, after a bomb attack in northern Kenya on a public commuter van, locally known as matatu, local media report. The matatu was travelling towards Mandera, a town in the border area, which has been regularly targeted by militant attacks. Witnesses …
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