AFRICOM Says It Won’t Share Info on Casualties in Somalia Strikes as Trump Administration ‘Settles In’

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has told Antiwar.com that it won’t share details about casualties in its airstrikes in Somalia as the new Trump administration “settles in.”

According to AFRICOM press releases, the US has launched at least 24 airstrikes in Somalia since President Trump was sworn in. Strikes have targeted the ISIS affiliate in northeastern Somalia’s Puntland as well as al-Shabaab, which has been on the offensive against the US-backed federal government in southern and central Somalia.

Until recently, AFRICOM would share estimates of casualties in its airstrikes in Somalia. In a press release dated April 12, AFRICOM said it launched a strike against ISIS-Somalia and that its “current assessment is that the airstrike killed one ISIS terrorist and that no civilians were harmed.”