The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed undertaking a series of airstrikes that killed 10 Al-Shabaab terrorists.
According to the US military, its personnel carried out three fresh “collective self-defense” airstrikes overnight.
The airstrikes were in a remote area located near Afmadow, Lower Jubba.
Afmadow is roughly 105kms to the north of Kismayo, the administrative capital of Jubbaland regional state.
AFRICOM added that it carried out an initial assessment of the airstrikes, which showed that no civilians were killed or injured in the airstrikes.