Reuters: Kenyan forces kill 31 al Shabaab militants in Somalia: statement
Kenyan troops in Somalia killed 31 Islamist al Shabaab militants in a raid on two of their bases in the southern Somali region of Jubbaland, the Kenyan military said on Monday.
The East African nation has thousands of its forces in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to help curb al Shabaab and improve security as part of a reconstruction drive after two decades of civil war that shattered the country.
"Ground troops were supported by attack helicopters and artillery fire," the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) said in a statement about Sunday's raid on al Shabaab bases in the Baadhade district of Jubbaland.
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Update: Kenya Says Its Army Killed 31 Extremists in Somalia (AP)
WNU Editor: The miltiary battles are continuing, but famine fears are spreading .... With Somalia in the Throes of Famine, UN Warns of Worsening Crisis (NBC).
