David Sterman
Deputy Director, Future Security
On February 23, AFRICOM provided ¹ú²úÊÓÆµ with a list of 2020 strike locations and dates in Somalia.
On February 23, 2023, United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) provided ¹ú²úÊÓÆµ with a list of dates and locations where AFRICOM conducted strikes in Somalia in 2020. AFRICOM also stated that it conducted 52 strikes in Somalia that year – some of the entries reflect multiple strikes. The table of locations and dates provided by AFRICOM is reproduced below. Though AFRICOM in 2020 on its website, that page does not include every strike recorded below. ¹ú²úÊÓÆµâ€™s data tracking U.S. strikes and other operations in Somalia is available here.