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| Africa Horn |
| Shaboobs raid AU army base near Mogadishu |
| 2017-02-08 |
| Heavily armed Al shabaab militants have attacked on Tuesday evening a military base in Arba’ow area manned by African Union forces helping Somali government restore stability. Local residents said they could heard loud blasts, thought to be mortar rounds and heavy gunfire as Al shabaab tried to storm the AMISOM base in the area around Elasha Biyaha. There was no immediate reports of casualties, as AMISOM were not immediately available for comment on the attack in Arba’ow, about 18Km Southwest of Mogadishu. The latest reports from the area indicated that AMISOM forces repulsed the attack, and warded off Al shabaab fighters from the site. The situation has returned to normalcy shortly. Mortar fire rains down on Capital on the eve of polls Several mortar rounds hit several locations in Somali capital on Tuesday evening, as the city is set to host a presidential election, just 12 hours from now. Somali security officials and witnesses said the mortar shells were fired at the polling station around the airport in Mogadishu, and residential areas. No casualties were reported yet. The mortar fire rained down on the capital, targeting the election venue at former Somali air force base known as Afisyone in the airport vicinity, but officials say no shell has hit the area. |
| Posted by:Steve White |