AFRICOM launches ‘self-defense’ airstrikes against Shabaab in Somalia | FDD's Long War Journal

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) killed five members of Shabaab, Al Qaeda's branch in East Africa, in a "self-defense airstrike" in central Somalia on July 19. AFRICOM has launched four self-defense airstrikes in Somalia this month as it continues to provide air support for the Somali National Army. 

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/07/africom-launches-self-defense-airstrikes-against-shabaab-in-somalia.php