Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday night attacked a Kenya Defense Forces military camp in the border town of El Wak in Mandera, which is also manned by Somalia National Army, reports have indicated.

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According to a resident, Voice of America journalist Harun Maruf says, the militants used Improvised Explosive Devices to attack the base but no casualties were reported.

KDF troops responded by pursuing the militants to the suspected launching site. Details about the outcome remain scanty, but the terrorists are said to have vanished to their hideouts.

"Al-Shabaab shell a military base manned by Somali and Kenya forces near El-Waq town w/ mortars. A resident in the town says at least 2 rounds landed at base but resulted no casualties. Troops responded w/ mortars, dispatched soldiers to the the suspected launching site," he said.

The attack came barely two months after another foiled attack at KDF base in Afmadow, not far away from El Wak town. The troops overpowered the militants, killing one on the spot.

In 2016, Al-Shabaab militants ran over a KDF camp in El Adde, within Gedo region, killing over 200 troops. Until now, military chiefs are yet to issue a report on exactly what transpired.

Authorities in Nairobi are yet to confirm the Tuesday's attempted assault on a military base. Early this month, there was also an attempted attack at Yuumbis Border Patrol Unit in Garissa.

On Tuesday, Kenya asked United Nations to list Al-Shabaab as a terrorist group. Ambassador Kamau Macharia said Kenya will make a formal proposal.

“We will formally be submitting a request, seeking UAE’s support in listing al-Shabaab under UN Resolution 1267. This is important to bring the global efforts in tackling the group,” he said in Nairobi, after meeting a delegation of United Arab Emirates officials where they signed a series of bilateral agreements and agreed to finalise a security agreement soon.

“It has caused serious havoc, not just on Kenya but the region and the world in general. It is important that all global efforts now come together to combat this,” added Mr Kamau.

Under Resolution 1267 of 1999, or subsequent and related decisions, the UN Security Council targeted terror or militant groups like the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and ISIS and their leaders such as Osama bin Laden, sanctioning the groups and those associated with them.