A leader of the al-Shabab Islamist group was killed by a US air strike on Monday, Somali officials say.
The intelligence chief, named as Abdishakur, was part of a unit responsible for suicide attacks, security officials said.US defence chiefs did not confirm whether the al-Shabab leader had died.
Washington has supported an African Union (AU) force which has driven the fundamentalist group from strongholds across the country since 2011.