The claim has not been confirmed by the AMISOM force in the troubled Horn of Africa country.

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Usually contributing countries to AMISON give casualty figures after an attack.

These are invariably lower than those claimed by the terror group al Shabaab.

The Islamist militants say they attacked an AMISOM base manned by Ethiopian troops.

Al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab says  several terrorist  fighters were killed but he did not give a figure.

Al Shabaab has been ejected from Somali towns. Nevertheless it manages to mount hit -and -run operations against both civilians and security forces.

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Two soldiers were killed but the official, Ali Roba, is unhurt.

Al Shabab’s sworn to revenge Kenya getting militarily involved in Somali government efforts to oust the jihadis.

So it’s launched several deadly cross border raids into Mandera.

Al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab says his fighters hit the convoy travelling between Mandera and Wajir, two northeastern Kenyan towns close to the porous border with Somalia.

Kenya’s military forces says the governor’s convoy was attacked but its forces were not engaged.

The governor has been campaigning strongly for security to be stepped up against attacks from across the border.

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