AL-SHABAAB ATTACKS AFRICAN UNION BASE IN SOMALIA - MILITARY

MOGADISHU - Islamist insurgents battled for hours on Sunday with African Union troops after exploding a car bomb outside their base, Somali police, military and the militants said. Al-Shabaab militants attacked the African Union (AU) peacekeepers’ base in the town Bulamarer, 130 kilometres to the northwest of the capital Mogadishu, around 9 am local time, residents from the area told Reuters. -- More...