Somalia's al Shabaab confirm leader killed by US strike, name new head

Credit: Reuters/U.S. Department of State/Handout

Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed alias Ahmed Godane is seen in this undated handout photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of State.

U.S. forces struck Godane's encampment in south-central Somalia with Hellfire missiles and laser-guided munitions on Monday, but the Pentagon did not confirm his death until Friday, saying it was still assessing the results of the airstrike.

(Reporting by Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh; Writing by James Macharia; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)

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