Word: chiamboni
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...Kenya's Navy made up in gallantry for what it lacked in gear and seamanship. It embarked some Nigerian shock troops from a Kenya port, landed them efficiently in a mangrove swamp near the Italian Somaliland border. Marching all night through a deserted countryside, the Nigerians raided Ras Chiamboni, formerly an important base for Italian operations in Kenya but now nearly undefended. They burned the whole town except for a mosque, then returned to their colleagues in empire...
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