Rwandan officials yesterday offered messages of condolence to their Ugandan counterparts following the brutal attack on Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia which left 12 of them dead.

The Ugandans are part of an African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Somalia and the attack has been claimed by extremist group Al Shabaab.

Using her Twitter handle, Louise Mushikiwabo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Government Spokesperson, commended the fallen peacekeepers saying that they had died for a noble cause.

"Rwanda government and its people express solidarity and sympathy to Uganda for (the) fallen UPDF soldiers in Somalia. Dying so others can live is noble.”

The post which was retweeted over 100 times stressed the relevance of dying for a noble cause for humanity, as expressed by the officers of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF).

Shortly after that Brig. Gen. Nzabamwita, Rwanda Defence Force Spokesperson, also took to social media to express solace to the fallen soldiers whose numbers were initially exaggerated by the radicalized militant group, Al Shabaab, according to reports.

He tweeted; "May fallen UPDF gallant soldiers rest in eternal peace, God almighty comfort their families.”

The brutal killings by Al Shabaab group claimed the lives of 12 Ugandan soldiers in their military base of Janale located 56 miles southeast from the Somalia capital city of Mogadishu.