US Airstrike Kills Two Militants in Somalia

The US military says it has killed two fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an airstrike.

The United States has been carrying out air strikes in Somalia to try to defeat al Shabaab, an al Qaeda franchise seeking to implement its interpretation of Islamic law and overthrow the country’s Western-backed central government.

US Africa Command, AFRICOM said, “the command’s initial assessment is that two al Shabaab terrorists were killed in action,

“No civilians were injured or killed given the remote nature of where this engagement occurred.”

The strike took place near Libikus in the Lower Juba region.

Activists have accused the United States of shrouding its Somalia operations in secrecy, potentially undermining accountability for incidents involving civilian deaths.

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