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AU base in Mogadishu attacked AU base in Mogadishu attacked
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Insurgents in Somalia have attacked a military base in Mogadishu used by African Union peacekeepers. Insurgents in Somalia have attacked a military base in Mogadishu used by African Union peacekeepers, killing at least 10 people, including soldiers.
The Islamist militant group al-Shabab said two of its members had carried out a suicide car bomb attack on the base.The Islamist militant group al-Shabab said two of its members had carried out a suicide car bomb attack on the base.
The AU mission said it was investigating the attack but did not give a casualty figure. At least six of the dead were said to be peacekeepers from Burundi, who form the AU force with Ugandan troops.
A spokesman for Burundi's military, which contributes to the AU force, said six of its soldiers had been killed, AFP news agency reported. The 3,500 peacekeepers are the only foreign troops in Mogadishu since Ethiopian troops withdrew in January.
The 3,500 peacekeepers from Burundi and Uganda are the only foreign troops in Mogadishu since the withdrawal of pro-government Ethiopian troops in January. The Ethiopian troops had been in the country since 2006, fighting to support Somalia's fragile transitional government.
A UN-brokered peace deal between Somalia's transitional government and a moderate Islamist opposition group saw Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed elected president in January, but al-Shabab has pledged to carry on with its armed struggle against the peacekeepers.A UN-brokered peace deal between Somalia's transitional government and a moderate Islamist opposition group saw Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed elected president in January, but al-Shabab has pledged to carry on with its armed struggle against the peacekeepers.