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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...myrmidons.
The jets fired several missiles at the vehicle travelling between Haramka and Kunyabarow villages, two Al-Shabaab-held areas in Middle Jubba region of southern Somalia.
The air raid is suspected to be conducted by Kenyan airforce as part of the fight against the al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group in the neighbouring country.
The US military said last week it carried out an airstrike outside Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...and killed several al-Shabaab members and maimed a number of others.
Somali troops backed by African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
troops are battling Al-Shabaab in the south and central Somalia, as the group still controls large parts of the Horn of Africa country.