Somali government rejects Amnesty International's accusations of killing civilians.

The Somali government on Wednesday rejected an Amnesty International report accusing it of killing more than two dozen civilians in a Turkish drone strike in the Lower Shabelle region.

Deputy Information Minister Abdirahman al-Adalah said the government has no information about civilian casualties in its military operations against al-Shabaab across the country.

"Military operations are continuing throughout the country. What we can confirm is that there have been no civilian casualties in any operation by the army, and that the army maintains a high level of vigilance."

Amnesty International has indicated that 23 civilians, including children and women, were killed in drone strikes last March in the Lower Shabelle region, adding that it has evidence to prove this, and the organization said that the attacks do not differentiate between military targets and the city, which made the Somali government reject the organization's accusation and deny that there were civilian casualties during the military operations launched against Al-Shabaab with the support of some international partners.