El Adde

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El Adde ({{langx|so|Ceel Cadde}}) is a town in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia.{{cn|date=August 2016}}

Battle of El Adde

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On 15 January 2016, Al-Shabaab militants attacked a Kenyan military base in El Adde, killing 141[https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/31/africa/kenya-soldiers-el-adde-massacre/index.html Kenya covers up military massacre]–185[https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/31/africa/kenya-soldiers-el-adde-massacre/index.html Kenya covers up military massacre]{{Cite web|title = DOD asks families of missing KDF soldiers to go for DNA tests to help identify bodies|url = http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000189227&story_title=dod-asks-families-of-missing-kdf-soldiers-to-go-for-dna-tests-to-help-identify-bodies|website = Standard Digital News|access-date = 2016-02-02|first = SILAH KOSKEI AND MICHAEL|last = OLLINGA}}{{Cite web|title = New details of El Adde attack: Somali general claims KDF received pre-attack intelligence|url = http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000188732/new-details-of-el-adde-attack-somali-general-claims-kdf-received-pre-attack-intelligence|website = Standard Digital News|access-date = 2016-02-02|first = Standard|last = Team}}{{Cite web|title = CatholicHerald.co.uk » Kenya's bishop offers condolences after soldiers killed by al-Shabab|url = http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2016/01/27/kenyas-bishop-offers-condolences-after-soldiers-killed-by-al-shabab/|website = www.catholicherald.co.uk|access-date = 2016-02-02}} soldiers.

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