Residents in Bulo-burte town in Hiran region, said they Heavy gunfire heard around the AMISOM base during heavy fighting between the gunnies and Djibouti peacekeepers.
Al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...has grabbed credit for the AU base attack.
In a statement posted on its affiliated websites, the Al Qaeda-linked Al shabaab said its fighters used machine guns and RPGs to attack the AMISOM outpost east of Bulo-Burte.
There was no immediate confirmation of the casualties from both sides, however, Somali military officials reported attack repulsed by the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
forces.