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

== Battle of El Adde ==
{{main|Battle of El Adde}}

On 15 January 2016, [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] militants attacked a Kenyan military base in El Adde, killing 141<ref name=CNN1>[http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/31/africa/kenya-soldiers-el-adde-massacre/index.html Kenya covers up military massacre]</ref>–185<ref name=CNN1>[http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/31/africa/kenya-soldiers-el-adde-massacre/index.html Kenya covers up military massacre]</ref><ref name="commander">{{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}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> soldiers.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120326154816/http://www.islamicfinder.com/prayerDetail.php?country=somalia&city=Ceel_Cadde&state=13&id=4205&month=&year=&email=&home=2011-5-30&lang=english&aversion=&athan= Ceel Cadde]
*[http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4562291&fid=5784&c=somalia El Adde, Somalia]

[[Category:Populated places in Gedo]]

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