On 17 September 2009, twin suicide bombings occurred at
Aden Adde International Airport, the headquarters of AMISOM, in Mogadishu, killing 17 soldiers. The bombers were able to enter the base using two stolen white UN cars and struck a meeting between the AMISOM troops and the
Transitional Federal Government. Of the dead peacekeepers, 12 were Burundian and five were Ugandan.
Aftermath Shelling by both al-Shabaab and AMISOM after the bombings killed 19 Somali civilians. ==References==