SOMALIA: Amnesty says US air strikes ‘killed civilians’

Amnesty International says US air strikes have been killing civilians in Somalia, in a possible violation of international humanitarian law. The rights group said it had recorded 14 civilian deaths in five recent air strikes on territory held by jihadist al-Shabab militants. The US has stepped up its air war in Somalia, carrying out 110 […]

Amnesty International says US air strikes have been killing civilians in Somalia, in a possible violation of international humanitarian law.

The rights group said it had recorded 14 civilian deaths in five recent air strikes on territory held by jihadist al-Shabab militants.

The US has stepped up its air war in Somalia, carrying out 110 strikes in the past two years.

It says the strikes killed more than 800 people, none of them civilians.

According to the US military, its drones and manned aircraft carried out 47 air strikes in Somalia in 2018. They have already conducted more than half that number of strikes in the first three months of 2019.