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 ...

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.

The jihadists never did. Instead, when Mr. Mohamed’s battle injuries disabled him, Al Shabab, an Al Qaeda affiliate, pressured him to sacrifice himself as a suicide bomber. Mr. Mohamed fits the ...

Meanwhile, 13 al-Shabab militants convicted of murdering officials and carrying out terrorist attacks in the northeastern ... and assaults on Somalia’s hotels and military targets, proving ...

They are implementing ‘Kwa Pamoja Tuzuie Balaa’ Project in the counties of Lamu and Garissa with the principal aim of addressing issues of radicalization and violent extremist recruitment. Among the ...

A United Nations report says 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year, half of whom were ...

2014 - At least 48 people die after al-Shabab militants attack hotels and a police station in Mpeketoni, near the island resort of Lamu. 2017 - A multi-billion-dollar railway line linking Mombasa ...

14 Another Al-Shabaab attack, this time in Mogadishu, provoked a strong reaction from the national government. On 20 August 2022, Al-Shabaab stormed the well-known Hayat Hotel in the Somali capital – ...

The outrage around the invasion became a call to arms, the repercussions of which are still being felt today, writes Kim ...