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Q: Image copyright AFP Image caption The jihadist group al-Shabab seeks to overthrow Somalia's central government 
  
 A US special forces soldier has been killed in an attack by suspected al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, officials say. 
  
 Four other US soldiers and a Somali soldier were wounded in what appears to have been an ambush north of the port of Kismayo, US defence officials added. 
  
 The American forces were operating alongside Somali troops. 
  
 It was the first known US combat death in Africa since an ambush in Niger in October, the New York Times reports. 
  
 US President Donald Trump sent his condolences in a tweet. 
  
 Militants launched the attack using small arms and mortar fire against a small outpost, defence officials quoted by the Times said. 
  
 The US military says its forces operate on an "advise and assist" mission with the Somali National Army. 
  
 Traditionally, US presidents have been wary of intervening in Somalia since 18 special forces soldiers died fighting militias in Mogadishu in 1993, a battle dramatised in the film Black Hawk Down. 
  
 However, President Donald Trump has expanded military operations against al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda affiliate there. 
  
 Al-Shabab was forced out of the capital, Mogadishu, in August 2011 following an offensive spearheaded by African Union (AU) troops, and left Kismayo in September 2012. 
  
 But it still has a strong presence in regions around the capital. 
  
 The US casualties are the first confirmed in Somalia since May 2017 when one soldier was killed and two others wounded in a gun battle with al-Shabab west of Mogadishu. 
  
 That was the first confirmed US combat death in the country since the Black Hawk Down incident. ||||| WASHINGTON — An American Special Operations forces soldier was killed and four others were wounded on Friday in an attack in southwestern Somalia against fighters for the Islamic extremist group the Shabab, three Defense Department officials said. The casualties were the first to have been publicized in Africa since an ambush in Niger in October. 
  
 The American forces were alongside Somali troops at a small outpost near the town of Jamaame when they came under small arms and mortar fire, Defense Department officials said on Friday. 
  
 The American team was backed up by armed surveillance aircraft overhead, but it could not determine the location of the mortar fire in what one official called “a very quick engagement” by the militants. The Shabab, an affiliate of Al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack; it has been fighting American forces in East Africa for more than a decade. 
  
 In a post picked up by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors online extremist message boards, the Shabab said that its fighters had struck a joint American-Somali base on the outskirts of Kismayo, mounting what it called a “fierce attack.” |||||
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There are more than 7,300 US Special Operations forces soldiers operating around the world, reports the New York Times, and one lost his life in Africa on Friday. The BBC reports the incident in southwest Somalia was believed to be an ambush by al-Shabab militants; four other American service members were injured. The Times calls the death the "first to have been publicized in Africa since an ambush in Niger in October." The American forces were serving near Jamaame alongside Somali troops and supported by armed surveillance aircraft. The BBC reports President Trump has broadened the involvement of US military in Somalia, but the Times notes the US is thought to be moving toward a reeling in of counterterrorism forces in Africa as part of a Pentagon reshuffling that would put the emphasis on Russia, China, and other larger world powers. While al-Shabab was pushed out of the capital city of Mogadishu nearly 7 years ago, the BBC reports it occupies areas around the city. "The mission's objectives were to clear al-Shabab from contested areas," United States Africa Command said in a statement following the attack.