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US says air strike kills two militants in Somalia

Trump administration early this year approved expanded military operations in the Horn of Africa nation [Courtesy]

The US military said yesterday it had killed two militants in Somalia in an air strike targeting Al Shabaab in Mogadishu.

The military's Africa Command said the strike took place 50km west of the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday. It said a vehicle with improvised explosive devices was also destroyed in the early morning attack.

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