Troops killed in Somalia sent home

According to Al shabaab spokesman, 100 Kenyan soldiers were killed in El Adde attack as unspecified number of KDF soldiers have been captured alive and held as prisoners of war by Al shabaab.

Kenya has more than 4,000 troops in the 22,000-strong AU force in Somalia helping the UN-backed government battle Al-Shabaab, which is part of the Al-Qaida allied terror network.

Meanwhile, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Francisco Madeira has strongly condemned the dawn attack on its base by Al-Shabaab militants.

Omamo said more Kenyan soldiers alongside other regional ones serving under AMISOM will be deployed to the camp which is near Kenya-Somalia border.

NAIROBI, Kenya — The bodies of at least four Kenyan soldiers slain by Somali Islamic extremists arrived in the Kenyan capital on Monday. President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed on Friday that some soldiers had been killed in the attack, which involved suicide vehicle bombs and gunmen. It was not possible to verify that figure.

Al-Shabab, which opposes Kenya’s military involvement in Somalia and describes the Kenyans as invaders, has carried out many deadly attacks inside Kenyan territory.

Al Shabaab said the attack was in retaliation for the Kenyan “invasion of Muslim lands”.

The group has been slowly pushed out of most of Somalia’s major cities, but continues to launch guerilla attacks within the country. Masked al-Shabab gunmen also killed almost 150 people at Garissa University College past year.

Such terrorist attacks, aimed at curbing the march of reconstructing Somalia’s state institutions, would fail in accomplishing its goals, he affirmed, reiterating League’s willingness to double its cooperation efforts with the Somalian government, African Union, UN, and global and regional organizations to counter terrorism and eradicate its roots.

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