The Africa Report

Somalia: Three dead in Al‑Shabaab hotel attack in Mogadishu

Three people were killed in an hours-long siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a popular hotel near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said Friday. Armed fighters stormed the ...
Reuters

2-Somali gunmen storm Mogadishu hotel

Aug 24 (Reuters) - An armed attack on a Mogadishu hotel popular with government officials on Tuesday left 31 people dead, including several parliamentarians. [ID:nLDE67N0P8] Below follows reaction ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Loud explosion is heard as Somali militant group says its fighters have attacked a hotel in capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Somali extremist group al-Shabab said its fighters have attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, where a loud explosion and gunfire were heard Thursday night. Al-Shabab ...
Yahoo

All 5 attackers killed, ending Somalia hotel siege in which 3 soldiers died

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Security forces in Somalia say they have killed all five attackers who laid siege to a hotel in a normally secure area of the capital. Police spokesperson Kasim Roble said ...
Southeast Missourian

23 dead, more than 30 wounded in Mogadishu hotel attack

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A suicide truck bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia's capital Saturday, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 30, and gunfire continued as security ...
Newsday

Somali police say 32 people died in an attack on a beach hotel. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al-Qaida’s East ...
Reuters

Somali Islamists take responsibility for Mogadishu hotel bombing

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist al Shabaab rebels claimed responsibility on Saturday for a bomb that killed six people outside a popular Mogadishu hotel the day before, and said they deliberately ...