All of a sudden, Somalia faces an existential crisis: Al-Shabaab are within six kilometres of Mogadishu and are encircling ...

The mayor said seven people had been killed in the attack but witnesses said the death toll could be higher. The raid at the Qahira Hotel took place as politicians, security officials and traditional ...

"The attackers have been neutralised. Some detonated themselves while others were killed by police forces," Omar Osman Calasow, the mayor of Beledweyne district, told the BBC. The mayor said seven ...

Somali security forces have ended a deadly 24-hour siege by Islamist fighters who stormed a popular hotel in the central city of Beledweyne, authorities said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a ...

The attack on the Qahira Hotel began early Tuesday with an explosives-laden vehicle detonating outside the building, followed by gunmen who entered the premises, according to police and witnesses. The ...

The raid at the Qahira Hotel took place as politicians, security officials and traditional elders were meeting to discuss plans for an offensive against al-Shabab in central Somalia. Police ...

Story continues below this ad Parts of the Qahira Hotel were reduced to rubble as government troops and gunmen exchanged fire, Suleiman added. Halima Nur, a witness who lives near the hotel, said ...

Parts of the Qahira Hotel were reduced to rubble as government troops and gunmen exchanged fire, Suleiman added. Halima Nur, a witness who lives near the hotel, said gunfire could be heard ...

In an interview with VOA Somali, federal lawmaker Dahir Amin Jesow said local elders and government officials were meeting at the Qahira Hotel in central Somalia. “They attacked the hotel at ...