Kenya’s military probed over deadly airstrikes

The AU Mission in Somalia (Amisom) has promised to investigate allegations that the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) killed civilians in Gedo during an aerial raid on Al-Shabaab militants. The Daily Nation reports that the mission said it would check if the KDF, which falls under Amisom, violated the operational code in the raids. Somalia has vehemently accused the Kenyan military of failing to observe due diligence in aerial raids targeted at the militant group based in the country. It flagged recent ‘indiscriminate’ airstrikes in El Adde and Hisa-u-gur last week. ‘(Such actions) will not contribute to efforts towards stabilising and confronting extremism but only further radicalise communities in support of extremism,’ the statement added.