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Somalia: US Military Denies Rights Group Allegations of Civilian Casualties
VOA, 20 March 2019
A human rights group says 14 civilians were killed during five U.S. airstrikes in Somalia in the last two years, an allegation the U.S. military strongly denies. Read more »
U.S. Denies Allegations of Civilian Casualties in Somalia
Amnesty International has released a civilian casualty report which includs accounts from 65 eyewitness interviews, several photos, satellite imagery and social media posts as evidence of airstrikes in Lower Shabelle region from October 2017 to December 2018.
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Somalia: Amnesty Accuses U.S. Military of Possible War Crimes
DW, 20 March 2019
The investigation claims at least 14 civilians were killed as a result of airstrikes targeting al-Shabab insurgents. US-led airstrikes in Somalia have tripled under the Trump… Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Temporarily Takes Over Key Town As National Army Down Tools Over Salary
Dalsan Radio, 19 March 2019
A file picture of Al-Shabab fighters displaying a military vehicle taken from the Somalia National Army Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Attacks Bal'ad Town, Middle Shabelle Region
Shabelle, 19 March 2019
Members of the hardline al Shabaab Islamist rebel group parade through the streets of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, January 1, 2010. Somalia's hardline Islamist rebel group al… Read more »
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Somalia: Fighter Jets Carry Out an Airstrike in Southern Somalia
Shabelle, 19 March 2019
Residents in Somalia's southern Lower Shabelle region say unknown fighter jets have bombed an airstrike in a small village called Adow-Dibille. Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Recaptures Town in Gedo Kenyan Military Retreat
Shabelle, 19 March 2019
Heavily armed fighters from Al-Shabaab were reported to have retaken full control of a small town in Gedo region, southwest of Somalia, residents said Tuesday. Read more »
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Al-Shabaab militants had launched a surprise dawn attack on Saturday at the base near Bula Gudud village. The U.S. Africa Command says in a revenge attack, it targeted a site in ... Read more »
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Twin incidents of terrorism have shaken Somalia. In the first, Paul Anthony Formosa, a Maltese national who was the manager of the port of Bosaso in semi-autonomous Puntland, was ... Read more »
