African Union Forces Destroy al-Shabaab Camps in South Somalia
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The African Union intervention force in Somalia said it destroyed two camps of the al-Shabaab militant group near the southern town of Badhadhe.
Kenyan and Ugandan forces carried out the Sept. 12 attack on the village of Lagta Berta, the African Union Mission in Somalia, or Amison, said in an e-mailed statement dated Sept. 13. The militants had fled to the area from their stronghold in Barawe, which is the target of an advance by Ugandan troops, according to Amisom.