Somalia’s militant al-Shabaab group said on Friday its fighters have seized a remote military base from Kenyan soldiers serving in an African Union forceafter an early morning attack.
The group, which once ruled much of Somalia, wants to topple the Western-backed government in Mogadishu and drive out the peacekeepers made up of soldiers from Kenya, Djibouti, Uganda, Ethiopia and other African nations.
“Two mujahideen rammed suicide car bombs into the base in Kulbiyow town before storming it. After hand-to-hand fighting,we have taken over the base,” said Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab's military operation spokesman.
