US airstrike in Somalia kills 10 al-Shabab extremists

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military says it has carried out an airstrike in southwestern Somalia that killed 10 members of the al-Shabab extremist group.
The U.S. Africa Command statement says the airstrike occurred Wednesday near Dheerow Sanle to “diminish al-Shabab’s freedom of movement and to increase pressure on the terrorist network.”
The statement says no civilians were injured or killed.
This is the first reported U.S. airstrike of the year in Somalia. The U.S. c