BUJUMBURA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A strike by two suicide car bombers on the African Union's main base in Somalia on Thursday killed the Burundian deputy commander of its peacekeeping force AMISOM, Burundi's army spokesman said.

Brigadier General Juvenal Niyoyunguruza was among five Burundian soldiers killed in the blasts in Mogadishu, the spokesman told Reuters. He did not give further details. Somali government sources said at least nine people died.

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