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| Africa Horn |
| Bombings Continue to Rock Somalia's port city Kismayo |
| 2012-10-23 |
| (Sh.M.Network)-- Witnesses say at least two bomb kabooms have rocked at early hours on Monday morning in the seaside strategic Somalia's southern city of Kismayo, the latest in series of attacks and kabooms in the city since Somali and Kenyan forces moved in. Person or persons unknown hurled hand grenades into at the regional administration offices in the city, causing unconfirmed casualties. Kenyan troops from the 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... force and their Somali allies entered the former Islamist bastion early this month. "It was a huge kaboom at the administration office, where Somali military commanders are locating," said resident who asked anonymity, although witnesses and government officials reported no casualties. The Somali troops and Ras Kamboni militia commanded by former Islamist Ahmed Madobe, who switched from supporting the Shebab to fight alongside the AU, conducted operations over the blasts. |
| Posted by:Fred |