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Dec
23
2023
By The African Mirror
Somalia, U.S. forces kill al Shabaab leader behind numerous attacks in region – official

Somalia, U.S. forces kill al Shabaab leader behind numerous attacks in region – official

NEWS
SOMALI and U.S. forces have killed a senior leader of the militant Islamist al Shabaab group who had planned numerous attacks in Somalia and Kenya, Somalia's information minister said. "Maalim Ayman ... was confirmed to have been killed in a joint operation by the Somali National Army with assistance from US forces on December 17th," Daud Aweis said on his X account late on Thursday. "Ayman was accountable for planning multiple lethal terrorist attacks in Somalia and nearby countries," he said. The U.S. military's Africa Command (AFRICOM) had conducted an air strike, an AFRICOM spokesperson said but added that the…
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Dec
12
2022
By The African Mirror
Scramble for Africa: A Rise in Instability and Conflict

Scramble for Africa: A Rise in Instability and Conflict

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
NONTOBEKO HLELA IN the recent past there has been a resurgence in the importance of the African continent to outsiders. This new ‘scramble’ for Africa – the intense rivalry between today’s big powers, the US, China, Britain and France has already led to military intervention in several African countries, most recently Mali and Libya, the establishment of the US African Command (AFRICOM), in addition to economic and other forms of intervention and external interference throughout the African continent. Nontobeko Hlela In 2019 the US released its New Africa Strategy (2019) which states: ‘Great power competitors, namely China and Russia, are…
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Jul
29
2020
By The African Mirror
US admits to air strike in Somalia killed one civilian

US admits to air strike in Somalia killed one civilian

NEWS
THE United States has revealed that one civilian was killed and three were injured in a U.S. air strike in Somalia in February, the second such admission since it launched quarterly reports on civilian casualties in its Africa operations. In a report, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said verification of the facts and circumstances about a February 2 air strike triggered by allegations of civilian deaths established one civilian had been killed while three were injured. "Unfortunately, we believe our operations caused the inadvertent death of one person and injury to three others who we did not intend to target," AFRICOM's…
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