Hotel meeting had been called to discuss fighting the militants Attackers forced their way with explosives at hotel entrance Islamist group seeks to impose strict Sharia law MOGADISHU, March 11 ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Shabaab militants carried out coordinated attacks in the country, on Saturday, officials said, noting that the group was targeting government officers and innocent civilians as ...

BELEDWEYNE, Somalia – Al-Shabaab militants launched a heavy assault on the Qaahira Hotel in the Howlwadaag neighborhood of Beledweyne on Sunday, resulting in both fatalities and injuries. The attack ...

Somali army has announced that more than 40 members of Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group were killed in an airstrike in El Baraf town in the Middle Shabelle region of Hirshabelle State. The army ...

Mogadishu: The Somali army announced on Friday that it had killed 41 members of the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab insurgent movement in the Lower Shabelle region, in the southern part of the country.

MOGADISHU - Al Shabaab gunmen killed at least seven people in an attack on Tuesday at a hotel in a central Somali town where local elders and government officials were meeting to discuss how to ...

Hours after the initial attack, government forces were trying to flush out al Shabaab fighters, some of whom had been killed in nearby alleys, Jesow said. Islamist militant group Al Shabaab ...

MOGADISHU, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Somalia said on Thursday its army and allied clan militias have fought off coordinated raids on villages by the Islamist al Shabaab armed group in the country's south ...

Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility and said that it killed over 10 people. A witness reportedly said that many of those at the meeting were rescued. ...

Mogadishu — Ethiopian warplanes launched precision airstrikes on Friday against Al-Shabaab bases in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region, Somali Defense Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur said ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The death toll from an al Shabaab attack on a hotel in central Somalia where clan leaders were meeting on Tuesday has risen to 10 and most of the victims were civilians ...

The death toll from a deadly attack by al Shabaab militants on a hotel in central Somalia has risen to 10, with most victims being civilians, a police official confirmed on Wednesday. The attack ...