Abdi Farhan Mahmoud, 13, was on his way to school when a U.S. missile struck a mini-bus taxi he was riding in, decapitating him, his father said.

Amnesty International investigated five U.S. attacks on Shabab and uncovered civilian deaths. The attacks may be war crimes, the group says.

In a sign of greater U.S. diplomatic activity in Somalia, the State Department is opening a new outpost in the capital’s international zone.