"According to reports, the explosion was aimed at a military convoy of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in the Jamhuriya region. Following the blast, the soldiers opened fire."

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Story still breaking will update in the morning...

"President Trump, pressing his end-of-term troop withdrawals from conflicts around the world, will pull American forces out of Somalia, where they have been trying to push back advances by Islamist insurgents in the Horn of Africa.

The Pentagon announced on Friday that virtually all of the approximately 700 troops in Somalia — most Special Operations forces who have been conducting training and counterterrorism missions — will be leaving by Jan. 15, five days before President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is scheduled to be inaugurated."

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Coincidence???