Mogadishu-KNN- In the last two weeks alone, two Kenya Defence Force bases have been evacuated in the country.
At least five Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers have reportedly been killed by Al Shabaab in Elwak in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia.
The soldiers were ambushed last Friday in a surprise attack by the Islamic militants while en route to Elwak on the Kenya border, having just left their military base in Gedo, Shabelle News reported on Sunday.
Nairobi has been withdrawing its forces from Somalia as part of the African Union’s drawdown of its peacekeeping forces on the continent, partly as a result of a slashed budget with the EU cutting back on funds to the continental organisation. The UN and EU are the primary funders of AU peacekeeping forces.
Source: Citizen News
