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May- 2020 -29 May
Fresh Jihadist Violence Hits Northern Mozambique
Islamist militants terrorizing remote communities in Mozambique’s Muslim-majority north mounted a fresh attack on Thursday, police sources said, striking Macomia district in an early morning assault. Gunmen forced the population of several thousand inhabitants to flee, while the military and police withdrew from the area according to a police officer who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity. “We can’t defeat them. They’re very strong,” the officer who hid in the bush since dawn told AFP. The attack comes a week after Mozambique called on its southern African neighbors to help it fend off the escalating jihadist insurgency that began in 2017. Despite President Filipe Nyusi‘s promises, neither the police nor the army, recently shored up by foreign private security companies, has succeeded in preventing attacks. Called in from the port city of Pemba some 156 kilometers (96 miles) away, reinforcement helicopters operated by private security companies flew in a few hours after the assault erupted, to repel the attackers. The officer said although government buildings were destroyed, the damage could have been worse if not for the air force response that pushed the militants back. Over the last two years over 1,100 people have been left dead by the Islamist …
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Apr- 2020 -27 April
In rare admission, US Africa Command says it killed 2 civilians in Somalia airstrike
The US military said it inadvertently killed two civilians over a year ago in an airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia
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10 April
US airstrike targets al-Shabaab near Kismayo, covering Somali troops
A US airstrike is said to have killed 10 al-Shabaab militants in defense of Somali National Army troops near Kobon in the country's south
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7 April
US airstrike kills Al Shabaab leader in Somalia, AFRICOM says
A US airstrike near the Somali capital Mogadishu killed top al-Shabaab leader Yusuf Jiis, Africa Command said
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6 April
US targets al-Shabaab with 3 airstrikes near Mubaraak, Somalia
The US conducted three airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab militants in the Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia, AFRICOM said
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1 April
New evidence US airstrike killed teenage girl in Somalia, report says
An Amnesty International investigation revealed further evidence that a US airstrike in Somalia killed a teenage girl, despite military's denial
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Mar- 2020 -30 March
Somalia: Puntland governor killed in Al-Shabaab suicide attack
A governor in Somalia's Puntland was seriously wounded in a suicide bomb attack claimed by the jihadist group al-Shabaab
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17 March
Somali National Army launches action to oust al-Shabaab from Janaale
The Somali National Army and elite Danab forces launched an operation to capture the town of Janaale from al-Shabaab militants
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11 March
Somalia: AFRICOM says US airstrike kills 5 militants near Janaale, acknowledges civilian casualty reports
A US airstrike in Somalia killed five al-Shabaab militants near Janaale, AFRICOM said, acknowledging reports of civilian casualties
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Feb- 2020 -26 February
US airstrike kills al-Shabaab leader involved in Manda Bay attack, AFRICOM says
A US airstrike in Somalia killed a senior al-Shabaab official believed to have planned a January raid on Manda Bay Airbase in Kenya
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