The attack on a hotel in the heart of the heavily fortified ... who are skilled at complex operations against high level al Shabaab targets. They also enjoyed considerable support from the ...

Al-Shabab often attacks hotels and government buildings. Al-Shabaab claimed that the home of a senior army officer also contained members of the Macawisley militia who had been wounded in the ...

At least two soldiers are believed to have died and an unspecified number of other people were injured in the attack according to the resident. The al-Shabab militant group immediately claimed ...

The government and al Shabaab, which has in the past launched attacks on hotels, military bases and government establishments, often give differing casualty figures. Government forces and allied ...

However, it has carried out attacks outside of Somalia, including in Ethiopia and Kenya. al-Shabaab was responsible for the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, where four gunmen killed ...

The government and al Shabaab, which has in the past launched attacks on hotels, military bases and government establishments, often give differing casualty figures.