US airstrikes in Jilib reported near flooded areas during El Niño

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Residents of Jilib, a stronghold controlled by al-Shabaab in southern Somalia, reported that persistent United States airstrikes forced the civilian population toward the banks of the flooding Juba River. While US Africa Command (Africom) denied targeting civilians or using weather conditions as a method of warfare, observers and sources monitoring the…

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