Somali

MOGADISHU: Somalia's security forces exchanged gunfire with militants holed up in a hotel in Mogadishu on Monday (Nov 28) after Al-Shabaab stormed the popular venue near the presidential palace and laid siege overnight. Sporadic gunfire…

Issued on: 28/11/2022 - 01:12 Al-Shabaab militants attacked a hotel near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, police and witnesses said, with…

MOGADISHU (SOMALIA): Extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility Sunday for an unfolding armed attack on a hotel in the Somali capital. Al-Shabab said in a broadcast on its own radio frequency Sunday that said its fighters attacked…

Somali authorities on Sunday ended a deadly attack in which 21 people were killed and dozens more wounded when gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital. It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters who had stormed…

MOGADISHU: Somali forces have ended a siege at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police and the military said on Sunday, adding that they had rescued 106 hostages including women and children. At least 12 people, mostly civilians,…

Issued on: 21/08/2022 - 07:02 Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that lasted about 30 hours, a security…

MOGADISHU: At least 13 civilians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Islamist militant attack on a hotel in the Somalicapital, officials said Saturday, as security forces battled gunmen barricaded inside many hours after the siege…

<!-- -->The hotel siege lasted for over 30 hours.Mogadishu: Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that lasted about 30 hours, a security commander told AFP around midnight…

Islamic militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with the security forces that left at least 20 people dead, according to police and witnesses. In addition, at least 40 people…

Issued on: 15/06/2022 - 18:03 Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud appointed lawmaker Hamza Abdi Barre as the country’s prime minister on Wednesday, with the new premier…