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US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño
Source: The Guardian · Published
Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy? The water was rising rapidly. It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist. Her home, five metres from the flooded River Juba in southern Somalia, never stood a chance. There was…
Key points
- Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety.
- Is it a deliberate military strategy?
- The water was rising rapidly.
- It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist.
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