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NewsColony US admits killing civilians during air attacks in Somalia © [EPA] The United States has been conducting air strikes in Somalia for years to help defeat al-Shabab, which seeks to topple Somalia’s western-backed central government [EPA] Two civilians were killed and three injured in a United States  air strike in Somalia early last year, the US said in a rare acknowledgement of civilian casualties from United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) military operations in the Horn of Africa country. The deaths were mentioned on Monday in a debut quarterly assessment report by AFRICOM on allegations of civilian casualties raised in connection with its operations against armed fighters in Somalia, Libya and other African countries. More: “Regrettably two civilians were killed and three others injured in a February 2019 air strike. We are deeply sorry this occurred,” AFRICOM’s commander, US Army General Stephen Townsend, said in the report. The air strike was carried out in t...