AU troops establish new base in Mogadishu

The African Union troops in Somalia has on made established a new base at the former Digfer hospital which once used to be largest hospital in Somali. The troops have taken position after a company of the Somali national police were overnight evacuated from that very base which the AU troops have stationed themselves on Sunday. There were no clashes between the armed rival Islamists and the AU troops during the shifting process,though some eyewitness who spoke to Somaliweyn radio verified that the AU troops were in full alert. So far the Somali government officials have not given out any comment regarding about the new move of the AU troops to a new base, and their silence is a prove that they are contended with this new move.The African Union troops have specific positions in the capital Mogadishu such as the airport, the seaport, the presidential palace and the famous Km4 intersection in the heart of the city. There are over 4,500 African Union troops from Uganda and Burundi in the Somali capitalMogadishu and since their arrival they have met with several attacks including suicide attack in which the latest has claimed the lives of more than 20 soldiers including the deputy commander of the African Union troops.