Al-Shabab gunmen have stormed and laid siege to a hotel in central Somalia as government officials and tribal elders met to ...

Somali officials say security forces have ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne, leaving an unknown number of people dead, including all the al-Shabab militants who ...

Tribal elders from territory that Al-Shabab controls were meeting with Somali government officials in a hotel to discuss cooperation in the war against Al-Shabab when a Land Cruiser exploded out front ...

A car bomb has exploded at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne in a militant attack that killed at least six people, including two prominent traditional elders.

The attack by al-Shabab began with a car bomb exploding, followed by gunmen entering the hotel, leading to intense clashes with security forces. "The attackers have been neutralised. Some ...

The attack began when a car bomb exploded Tuesday at the Cairo Hotel, which houses traditional elders and military officers involved in coordinating the government’s offensive against al-Shabab.