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Al-Shabaab launches attack on Somali military base

People walk among rubbles following an attack outside a hotel on January 25, 2017, in Mogadishu. [File, AFP]

Al-Shabab launched a deadly attack on a Somali military base on Tuesday, just a day after the government claimed a "historic victory" over the jihadists with the capture of a strategic coastal town.

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