By BBCMore by this AuthorThe US military says it has killed 62 fighters from the Islamist group Al-Shabaab in six air strikes in Somalia. Four air strikes on Saturday killed 32 militants and a further two on Sunday killed 28, it said in a statement. "SAFE HAVEN"No civilians were killed in the latest air strikes, which were carried out in co-ordination with the Somali government, the US military said. Al-Shabaab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, has not yet commented on the latest strikes. Somalia-based security think tank the Hiraal Institute said in a report published in November that Al-Shabaab had been forced to change tactics following the upsurge in air strikes.

Source: Daily Nation December 17, 2018 15:11 UTC