Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Some 32 militants were killed and 10 others injured on Tuesday evening when Kenyan warplanes hit an Al-Shabaab camp in Somalia.
The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) on Wednesday quoted the Gedo region deputy governor Ali Matan as saying that Kenyan fighter jets bombarded the camp in Bardera, which is considered the main stronghold for the Al-Qaeda-linked group.
The attack by the Amisom troops in the South West Somalia also destroyed military vehicles belonging to the group.
AU MISSION
Al-Shabaab continues to control several towns in the south of war-torn country.
In November last year, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed that 2014 would be the end of the Al-Qaeda-allied group.
Somalia has remained in the grip of different militants since the outbreak of civil war in 1991.
The country appeared to inch closer to stability with the recent installation of a new government and the intervention of African Union troops tasked with combating Al-Shabaab.