Al Shabaab
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Feb- 2020 -24 FebruaryAfrica
Slow admissions of civilian harm in Somalia raise questions about US transparency
AFRICOM’s new commander General Stephen Townsend drove openness in civilian casualty reporting in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
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12 FebruaryAfrica
Somali troops still vulnerable to al-Shabaab outside Mogadishu, Pentagon says
A US-backed Somali operation to secure areas south of Mogadishu from Islamist al-Shabaab militants has made little progress in recent months
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10 FebruaryAfrica
Family says teenage girl killed in US airstrike that targeted Al Shabaab in Somalia
US Africa Command said no civilians were killed in a Febrary 2nd strike, but relatives say one young woman was killed and two badly injured
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4 FebruaryAfrica
US airstrikes cover Somalia military operations against al-Shabaab stronghold
A string of US airstrikes in late January targeted Shabaab fighters in Somalia's south in support of local National Army forces, AFRICOM said
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Jan- 2020 -8 JanuaryAfrica
Car bomb explodes near Somalia’s parliament
At least four people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded close to a checkpoint near Somalia's parliament in Mogadishu on Wednesday
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5 JanuaryAfrica
Al Shabaab attacks Kenya military base in Lamu
Fighters from Somalia's Al-Shabaab group launched an attack on a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in coastal Lamu
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3 JanuaryAfrica
AFRICOM responds to al-Shabaab ambush on Somalia troops with airstrike
AFRICOM carried out an airstrike against suspected al-Shabaab militants who attacked Somali government troops west of Mogadishu
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Dec- 2019 -28 DecemberAfrica
Somalia: Dozens killed in massive car bomb in Mogadishu
A massive car bomb exploded in a busy area of Mogadishu, leaving at least 76 people dead, many of them university students
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16 DecemberAfrica
Somalia conducts airstrike on al-Shabaab ‘operative’ near Dujumma
Somalia's government conducted an airstrike with the US military against a suspected al-Shabaab operative near Dujumma
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12 DecemberAfrica
Al-Shabaab attacks Somali army base in Hilweyne, killing 5
Four civilians and a Somali Army soldier were killed when al-Shabaab attacked an army base in Hilweyne, north of the capital
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