Burundi says 10 troops killed in attack on AU base in Somalia

NAIROBI, 05 May 2022, (TON): Burundi’s army said “ten Burundian peacekeepers were killed in attack on an African Union base in Somalia.”

It said in a statement “twenty-five soldiers were also injured and five are missing while 20 rebels were killed.”

It was the first attack on a peacekeeping base since the AU Transition Mission in Somalia replaced the previous AMISOM force on April 1.

Somalia’s government condemned the heinous attack and appealed to the international community to do more to support Somali forces and ATMIS in effectively combatting terrorism.

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