US drone strike kills Al-Shabaab fighter in Somalia  

A United States drone strike has killed one Al-Shabaab fighter in Somalia, the Washington Post has reported.

The US drone strike was executed yesterday in Barowe Town, in the Shabelle region of southern Somalia. US AFRICOM confirmed that one Al-Shabaab fighter was killed without any civilian casualties. “No civilians were anywhere near the site,” Anthony Falvo of US Africa Command confirmed to the Associated Press.

The drone strike comes off the back of Wednesday’s targeting of three Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia’s Bay region.

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Since March, President Donald Trump introduced new legal rules that permit the US military and the central intelligence agency to launch strikes and raids without US congressional approval. The United States considers itself at war with Al-Shabaab as it is an affiliate of Al-Qaeda.