Geolocation
Airwars assessment
A single source alleged a US drone strike on Hantidawaag which AFRICOM later denied.
Halgan Media wrote: “US drones just bombed the village of Hantiwadaag in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle province and struck a vehicle carrying a group of Al Shabaab fighters – Sources.”
AFRICOM responded to a request from Airwars: “U.S. Africa Command’s last strikes were conducted on Jan. 19 2021.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Hantiwadaag, for which the generic coordinates are: 1.88721, 44.7789. Due to limited information and satellite imagery available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (1) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]
US Forces Assessment:
Original strike reports
US Forces
U.S. Africa Command's last strikes were conducted on Jan. 19 2021.