US confirms al-Shabab leader's death

The United States has confirmed that Ahmed Abdi Godane, a founder of
Somalia's al-Shabab group, was killed in a US air strike this week.


"We have confirmed that Ahmed Godane, the co-founder of al-Shabab, has been killed," the Pentagon press secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement on Friday.

Ahmed Abdi Godane

On Tuesday at least six people were killed as the US hit a convoy of senior al-Shabab leaders. Since then the US was assessing the results to see who died
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