20 January

The US military has said an air strike in Somalia on Saturday killed 52 members of an Islamic militant group.

It says that was in retaliation for attacks by Al-Shabab fighters against a Somali military base. It adds that the victims were fighters from the group and that civilian casualties have not been confirmed.

Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for an attack on a high-end Nairobi hotel and office complex in neighboring Kenya on Tuesday in which 21 people died.

Local media reports say the group carried out the attack to protest US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

The Trump administration has been stepping up air strikes on Al-Shabab. It says the US military will continue to crack down on the group in cooperation with Somali troops and neighboring countries.—NHK