Al-Shabaab

Somali intelligence officials said Thursday that a precision airstrike last month dealt a significant blow to Al-Shabaab, killing two of the group’s most senior commanders, including its chief explosives expert who had long evaded capture despite a multi-million-dollar U.S. bounty.

A senior Somali military commander visited key front-line areas in the Middle Shabelle region on Friday, where government forces are conducting heavy operations against the Islamist group Al-Shabaab.