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Somalia: The United States announces having killed two members of the Shebab

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The United States announces having killed two members of the Shebab

The US military command for Africa announced on Thursday that it had killed two members of the Shebab group in a strike on Tuesday.

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Published today at 1:12 a.m. Updated 12 minutes ago

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The US military announced Thursday that it had killed two members of the radical Islamist group Shebab on Tuesday during a strike in southern Somalia.

“No civilians were injured” in this strike carried out “in coordination with the federal government of Somalia” according to an “initial assessment”, affirmed the American military command for Africa (Africom) in a press release.

In Somalia, the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism for its part welcomed the death of “head of the terrorist network Mohamed Mire Jama, also known as Abu Abdirahman”, on Thursday during “a meticulously planned and carried out operation by our national forces in collaboration with international partners” in the same sector of the south of the country.

Attacks against security and civilian targets

Linked to Al-Qaeda, the Shebab have been fighting the federal government of Somalia, supported by the international community, for more than fifteen years, in order to establish Islamic law in this country, which is one of the poorest in the world.

Driven out of the main cities in 2011-2012, they remain firmly established in vast rural areas, from where they continue to carry out attacks against security and civilian targets.

During his first presidential term, Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of American troops from Somalia, a decision reversed by his successor Joe Biden.

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