Somali Shebab kill three African Union troops: AU
Handout image made by the African Union Mission to Somalia on October 6, 2014, shows a soldier belonging to the African Union Mission in Somalia, standing on the top of a hill next to the al-Shabab stronghold of Barawe. By Tobin Jones (AMISOM/AFP/File)
Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia's Shebab militants killed three soldiers from the African Union force fighting them in Somalia on Sunday, the AU said, condemning the latest in a series of attacks by the Islamists.
AU envoy to Somalia Maman Sidikou condemned "the cowardly ambush" on a convoy of troops on Sunday in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle district, between the small settlements of Lego and Balidogle.