MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — African Union troops fought house-to-house battles with militants to clear space for aid groups bringing in food supplies after intelligence reports showed insurgents reinforcing for a possible attack on squalid camps of famine refugees.
Heavy fighting erupted Thursday on the line of control between the government side and territory held by al-Shabab, Somalia's dominant militant group.
At least six people were killed. The AU troops also paid a heavy price, with one official saying 19 were wounded, and some of them were put on an ambulance jet bound for Kenya.
Somalia's famine is unfolding in the middle of a war zone, greatly complicating …
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