Suspected U.S. airstrike kills 12 Somali civilians, including 8 children, near Jamame

Local Somali media reported at least 12 civilians were killed — including 8 children, 3 women, and an elderly man — in a suspected U.S. airstrike near the southern town of Jamame in the Lower Juba region. US-trained Danab special forces were conducting operations against Al-Shabaab in the area. An AFRICOM spokesman said he had not seen the report but that the command takes civilian harm allegations seriously. The strike was part of a record year: Trump's 96 Somalia airstrikes in 2025 surpassed his own 2019 record of 63.