52 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed by a US airstrike in Somalia on Sunday.

The strike is in retaliation for Al-Shabaab’s attack on a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi that saw a 25 year old suicide bomber kill 21 civilians.

The US has significantly increased its offence against the terrorist organisation, launching 47 airstrikes in the last year to combat the spread of Islamic law in the region.