Has the US confirmed any drone strikes on Somalia since President Biden took office?

Since President Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration, the U.S. appears to have paused drone strikes on targets in Somalia, after years of using strikes to try and weaken terrorist groups based in the country.

Data from the nonprofit organization Airwars (which tracks military actions and civilian harm claims in conflict zones) shows that four drone strikes have hit Somalia since Biden’s inauguration. The U.S. Africa Command told Airwars its last strike was Jan. 19. The command suggested that other actors, including Ethiopia, were responsible.

Airwars data shows that Somalia was struck 35 times during the Obama administration, and 292 times during the Trump administration by alleged U.S. drone strikes. The U.S. set new records for strikes on Somalia each year between 2013 and 2019, rising to 63 in 2019. As of Dec. 1, 2020, the U.S. military had reported 50 strikes on Somalia during the year.