Al-Shabaab Attacks Jubaland Military Base; Multiple Deaths Reported

Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack on a Somali military base in Jubaland, reports the Voice of America News.

Militants detonated two suicide car bombs at a military checkpoint before attacking the base at Bulogudud town, north of Kismayo, said Somali military officials.

Fighting lasted for two hours because reinforcements from Kismayo were ambushed, the officials said. Some reports said the militants breached the base, which is used jointly by the...