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Al-Shabab attacks African Union base in Somalia | |
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Al-Shabab militants have overrun an African Union military base in Somalia. | |
The group claims to have taken "complete control" of the camp and killed more than 60 Kenyan soldiers. | |
Militants attacked the base in el Ade, southern Somalia, early on Friday and fighting continued for several hours, a Kenyan military spokesman said. | |
He says it was a Somali army camp that was overrun, and that Kenyans fought militants from their base nearby. He could not confirm any casualties. |