government to increase cooperation and support for partner-led, U.S.-enabled solutions to shared security challenges, including violent extremism or terrorism. This three-pronged, or “3D” approach brings together multiple agencies from within the U.S. whole-of-government approach with African partners - diplomacy, development and defense. Africa Command is the defense arm of the U.S. is one of several countries providing humanitarian aid, stabilization efforts, economic development, and military assistance to the Federal Government of Somalia in their ongoing campaign. Military actions are just one part of the Federal Government of Somalia’s efforts to comprehensively address their security challenges. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has publicly stated that economic reform, social and political reconciliation, and religious tolerance are key pillars of his strategy to mobilize society against international terrorism. The command’s initial assessment is that no civilians were injured or killed. 'The initial assessment is that the strike, approximately 60 km southwest of Kismayo, killed three al Shabaab fighters.