MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Eight people were killed after militants stormed a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo, an attack that started with a suicide bombing Sunday before gunmen ...

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Yesterday, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, conducted a large-scale siege on the Tawakal Hotel in Somalia’s southern city of Kismayo. At least nine civilians were murdered by the jihadist ...

People walk next to the damaged Tawakal hotel after it was attacked by militants in the port city of Kismayo, in southern Somalia on Monday. At least eight people were killed after militants ...

Gunmen stormed a hotel in the centre of the Somali port city of Kismayo Sunday, shortly after an explosives-packed car exploded at the hotel's gates, police said. Officials said gunmen were still ...

Gunmen stormed a hotel in the center of the Somali port city of Kismayo Sunday, shortly after an explosives-packed car exploded at the hotel's gates, police said. Officials said gunmen were still ...