Al Shabaab
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Apr- 2018 -2 AprilAfrica
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 5, Africom says
An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed five on April 1, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said
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1 AprilAfrica
Al-Shabaab attack on African Union military base in Somalia reportedly leaves dozens dead
Dozen were reportedly killed after heavily-armed al-Shabaab militants attacked an African Union military camp in Somalia where peacekeepers from Uganda are stationed
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Mar- 2018 -21 MarchAfrica
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 2 near Mubaarak, Africom says
An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two fighters and injured three more on March 19, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said.
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Feb- 2018 -27 FebruaryAfrica
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 2 near Jilib, Africom says
An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two fighters and injured a third on February 26, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said.
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22 FebruaryAfrica
US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 4 near Jamaame, Africom says
An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed four fighters on February 21, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said.
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21 FebruaryAfrica
US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 4, Africom says
An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed four fighters on February 19, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said.
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Jan- 2018 -19 JanuaryAfrica
US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 4, Africom says
A US airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed four militants, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said
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3 JanuaryAfrica
US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 2 and destroys car bomb, Africom says
A United States airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two people and destroyed a car bomb near the capital Mogadishu on January 2, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said in a statement. “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in the early morning hours of Jan. 2, 2018, approximately 50 kilometers west of the capital, killing two terrorists and destroying one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, preventing it from being used against the people in Mogadishu,” Africom said in a Wednesday statement. The command said no civilians were killed in the strike. The strike is the latest in an increasing number of U.S. airstrikes against al-Shabaab and Abnaa ul-Calipha, Islamic State’s affiliate in Somalia. On December 27, an airstrike against al-Shabaab west of Mogadishu destroyed a car bomb and killed four people. Three days earlier, an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab in southern Somalia killed 13 people. On December 15, an airstrike 30 miles northwest of Kismayo killed eight people. Three days earlier, on December 12, a U.S. airstrike targeted an al-Shabaab car bomb near Mubarak, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Mogadishu. On November 27, Africom targeted Abnaa ul-Calipha in northeastern Somalia. A week earlier, the command said an airstrike killed more …
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Dec- 2017 -28 DecemberAfrica
US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills four and destroys a car bomb, Africom says
A US airstrike in Somalia targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab killed four people and destroyed a car bomb, the US military’s Africa Command said
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27 DecemberAfrica
US air strike targeting Al Shabaab kills 13 in Somalia
The United States carried out an air strike on Christmas Eve against the Shabaab Islamist group that left 13 dead.
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