US airstrike kills 12 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia

US airstrike kills 12 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia

In Somalia, twelve al-Shabab militants killed in a US air strike outside capital Mogadishu.

The US Africa Command has carried out at least 15 such air-strikes this year against the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab that killed more than 500 people.