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Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike

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This story was selected and curated by our editorial team in the Africa category. Published on October 5, 2026 • Originally reported by Mohamed Gabobe in Mogadishu. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.

After Guardian investigation uncovered drone strike that killed 12 civilians and injured many more, seven-year-old Abdiqadir Salah underwent vital operation in Mogadishu

On the rickshaw ride to the hospital, Marian Haji Abdi Guled felt a mixture of joy and apprehension: the day they had been waiting for had finally arrived.

Almost a year earlier, her then seven-year-old son, Abdiqadir Salah, had been seriously injured, alongside his two siblings, in what a Guardian investigation found was a US drone strike on the village of Jamaame in Somalia that killed at least 12 civilians, including eight children.

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