U.S. military review of drone strikes in Somalia targeting al Shabab militants finds two civilians were killed last year—the first time military has acknowledged civilian deaths have resulted from its airstrikes in the country.
targeting al Shabaab militants has found that two civilians were killed last year, marking the first time that the U.S. military has acknowledged that civilian deaths have resulted from its airstrikes in the strategic country located on the Horn of Africa.that found 14 civilians were killed in five airstrikes in Somalia last year, but the two civilian deaths reported by Africom were
So far this year there have been 28 airstrikes in Somalia. a pace that would overtake the previous high of 47 in 2018. "Because of the reporting error, U.S. Africa Command was not informed of the assessment's conclusion-and subsequently the information was not reported to external authorities, such as the host nation and Congress," said the statement. Nor was it included in Africom's press release about the airstrike that was issued on April 2, 2018.
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