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| al-Shabab armoury 'destroyed in Kismayo' |
| 2012-09-27 |
| Kenya's military says its jets have bombed the airport in the Somali city of Kismayo, destroying an armoury and warehouse used by Islamist militants. The port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia is a stronghold of the al-Qaeda aligned group al-Shabab. An al-Shabab spokesman said no-one was killed and no property damaged. Kenyan troops are part of an African Union force trying to wrest control of the country from the militants for the newly elected UN-backed president. Al-Shabab has been forced out of the capital, Mogadishu, and several other towns over the past year but still controls much of the countryside in south and central Somalia. |
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