African Union base bombings in Mogadishu
Turkey condemns attack on AU base in Somalia
Turkey "strongly condemned the heinous terrorist attack" on May 3 targeting the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia base in Middle Shabelle, Somalia, in which many Burundian troops lost their lives and were injured.
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UN-funded African troops raped vulnerable Somalis: HRW
Internationally-funded African Union troops in war-torn and impoverished Somalia have raped women and traded food aid for sex, Human Rights Watch said in a damning report on Sept. 8.
"Some of the women who were raped said that the soldiers gave them food or money afterwards in an apparent attempt to frame the assault as transactional sex," the HRW report said.