Al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist group that has carried out many attacks in Somalia, claimed responsibility for the assault on the hotel, which is popular with Somali government ...

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 ...

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 ...

At least five people were killed and 11 others wounded, including a regional governor, in a suicide attack on Tuesday in southern Somalia, police said, a bombing claimed by Al-Shabaab militants.

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 U.S. ambassador to Somalia said the Somali government's military operations against al-Shabab have cost the militants one third of their territory. "Somali-led offensives have restored Somalia ...

The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group later claimed responsibility for the attack, asserting that seven ... day after twin blasts rocked a Mogadishu hotel, injuring at least four people.