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UN News Centre
January 28, 2018
Violent extremists have carried out bombings in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on various occasions. Shown here is the aftermath of a car bomb attack on the city's Banadir Beach hotel on 25 August 2016. Photo: UN Somalia (file)ÃÂ ...
Voice of America
January 1, 2018
Somali prosecutors have filed charges against five men in connection with the Oct. 14 truck bombing in Mogadishu that killed 512 people — the single deadliest ... Al-Shabab has carried out dozens of deadly suicide bombings by car and on foot in Mogadishu over the past decade, often targeting hotels,ÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 19, 2017
A tea stall stands where the 48-room Safari hotel once stood. “This is part of the resilience we Somalis have,” says construction contractor Ahmed Ashur. “There is a blast in Mogadishu destroying whole buildings and you see the next day people start renovating. Life goes on. Those who died have died.
Independent.ie
October 29, 2017
Rescue workers stand near the wreckage of vehicles in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Oct 14 Rescue workers stand near the wreckage of vehicles in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Oct 29, 2017, after a car bomb was detonated Saturday night. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) Somali soldiers stand nearÃÂ ...
Voice of America
October 29, 2017
Militants stormed the Nasa Hablod Two Hotel late Saturday following a truck bomb blast at the hotel's gate. ... The Presidential Palace, headquarters of a Somali women's organization, a prison run by the National Intelligence and Security Agency, and other hotels are all near the Nasa Hablod Two Hotel.
Sky News
October 28, 2017
More than 20 people, including government officials, were believed to have been trapped as security forces battled extremists holed up on the top floor of the Nashablod Two hotel, close to the presidential palace. One officer describing a "hellish" gun battle as security forces stormed part of the building.
The Guardian
October 28, 2017
Security forces in Mogadishu have ended a night-long siege at a hotel by five extremist attackers that left 23 people dead and more than 30 injured. The group stormed the building after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the entrance gate on Saturday afternoon. Capt. MohamedÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
October 15, 2017
Bomb Attack in Mogadishu Kills 276, Somali Minister Says ... MOGADISHU, Somalia — A huge truck bomb blast in Somalia's capital has killed 276 people and wounded roughly 300 more, the country's ... A man runs from a massive explosion Sunday in front of the Safari Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia.
CNN
October 15, 2017
But Mogadishu Police Capt. Farah Osman put the death toll at 80, and said an additional 200 people were injured in the attack, the first of two bombs in the capital Saturday. The initial vehicle bomb destroyed dozens of stalls and a popular hotel in the heart of Mogadishu. Qatar's Embassy along the sameÃÂ ...
Eyewitness News
June 15, 2017
MOGADISHU - At least 19 people were killed when Islamist attackers launched a car bomb and gun attack on a busy hotel and adjacent restaurant in the Somali capital, a police officer said on Thursday. A car driven by a suicide bomber rammed into the Posh Hotel in south Mogadishu on WednesdayÃÂ ...
CBS News
March 13, 2017
The al Qaeda-linked Islamic extremist group al-Shabab has often targeted hotels in Mogadishu. A hotel attack in late January killed at least 26 people. In a separate blast Monday morning, a suicide bomber detonated a minibus laden with explosives at the gate of a military camp south of the capital.
Quartz
January 26, 2017
On Wednesday (Jan. 26) morning, twin explosions rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu, reportedly killing at least 28 people and injuring 51 others. The gun-and-bomb attack hit Dayah Hotel, an establishment popular with politicians and located near the Somali parliament in central Mogadishu. The attackÃÂ ...
Mareeg Media
December 31, 1999
Mogadishu, 21 January 2018: One – day event marking the Somali Information Day of Somalia has been convened at SYL hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia on January 21, 2018. The annual event remembering the 45th anniversary when the first newspaper printed in Somali language on 21 January 1973 wasÃÂ ...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2017 shows the explosion site near Safari hotel in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia. (Xinhua/Faisal Isse). MOGADISHU, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A roadside explosion injured two people in Somali capital of Mogadishu's Hodan district early Wednesday in the latest attacks by suspectedÃÂ ...
RT
November 21, 2017
Later the same month, al-Shabaab militants attacked a Mogadishu hotel, killing 23. Somalia has been gripped by a perpetual cycle of drought, ...
Daily Maverick
November 10, 2017
The attack in central Mogadishu on 14 October that killed more than 350 ... assaulted Mogadishu, laying siege to a hotel and killing nearly 30Â ...
Deutsche Welle
November 4, 2017
Citing a "specific threat against US personnel" at Mogadishu International ... more injured in coordinated bomb attacks at a hotel in the capital.
Foreign Affairs
November 3, 2017
Two weeks later, a second major attack rocked the capital on October 28, targeting the popular Naso-Hablod Hotel and killing several senior ...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
October 29, 2017
Following Deadly Car Bombing, Siege At Mogadishu Hotel Ends. Esme Murphy reports on the violence in Somalia's capital (0:20). WCCO Sunday Morning ...
Independent.ie
October 29, 2017
14 Rescue workers stand near the wreckage of vehicles in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Oct 29, 2017, after a car bomb was detonated ...
Voice of America
October 29, 2017
Somali Police, Intelligence Chiefs Fired After Deadly Hotel Siege ... by the National Intelligence and Security Agency, and other hotels are all near the Nasa Hablod Two Hotel. ... WATCH: Mogadishu Rocked by two Explosions.
TIME
October 29, 2017
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali security forces have ended a night-long siege at a Mogadishu hotel by five extremist attackers who ...
FOX 29
October 28, 2017
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A suicide truck bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia's capital on Saturday, killing at least 23Â ...
NPR
October 24, 2017
Workers in Somalia's capital Mogadishu are still searching through the ... killed in his hotel just hours after arriving in Mogadishu for a short trip.
The Guardian
October 24, 2017
The busy K5, or Zoobe Junction, one of Mogadishu's vital arteries, with its string of shops, hotels and restaurants, was teeming with people from ...
AllAfrica.com
October 23, 2017
Over the past 10 years, the group has bombed dozens of hotels, restaurants and other targets in Mogadishu, as part of its campaign to topple ...
AllAfrica.com
October 22, 2017
He had arrived in Mogadishu just hours before the deadly attack, on a ... was in the back in the hotel, so I thought my dad must have gone out in ...
Aljazeera.com
October 22, 2017
Mogadishu, Somalia - Little more than one week after a massacre in Somalia killed more than 350 people in the capital, an attack near ...
Voice of America
October 21, 2017
Over the past 10 years, the group has bombed dozens of hotels, restaurants and other targets in Mogadishu, as part of its campaign to topple ...
AllAfrica.com
October 17, 2017
The death toll in the Somali capital Mogadishu has topped 300 as ... on Mogadishu hotels, most notably a 2010 attack on the Hotel Muna that ...
CNN
October 16, 2017
Mogadishu (CNN) At least 300 people were confirmed dead after a double ... of stalls and the popular Safari Hotel in the heart of Mogadishu.
Sky News
October 16, 2017
A truck bomb exploded on Saturday outside a hotel at a busy ... as the first responder in Mogadishu, we haven't seen anything like this.".
KTAL
October 16, 2017
MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) - At least 230 people were killed in a ... dozens of stalls and the popular Safari Hotel in the heart of the city. ... The K5 district plays host to numerous government buildings, restaurants and hotels.
Huffington Post South Africa (blog)
October 16, 2017
Police said a truck bomb exploded outside a hotel in the K5 intersection ... "In our 10 year experience as the first responder in #Mogadishu, we ...
NBCNews.com
October 16, 2017
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A huge truck bomb blast in Somalia's capital ... explosion Sunday in front of the Safari Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia.
CNN
October 15, 2017
Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) At least 75 people are dead after a car bomb ... dozens of stalls and a popular hotel in the heart of Mogadishu.
Scroll.in
October 15, 2017
The first explosion took place outside a popular hotel in the city's K5 Junction area, destroying several buildings and setting dozens of vehicles ...
The Independent
October 15, 2017
The explosion appeared to target a hotel on a busy road in Hodan district and the death toll could rise, police Capt. Mohamed Hussein said.
South China Morning Post
October 14, 2017
At least 20 killed in 'huge' blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu ... the hotel was the target, but in the past al-Shabab has attacked hotels where ...
The Australian Financial Review
December 31, 1999
Soldiers on patrol in Somalia's capital Mogadishu as car bombings and .... Hotels are opening as are restaurants, taxi businesses and banks. ... such as the renovated Jazeera Hotel, are appearing beside ruined buildings.
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
He had arrived in Mogadishu just hours before the deadly attack, on a ... was in the back in the hotel, so I thought my dad must have gone out in ...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
Wearing red headbands, the crowd of mostly young men and women marched through Mogadishu amid tight security. They answered a call to ...
AllAfrica.com
March 27, 2017
By Fred Oluoch, in Mogadishu. The African Union Peace and Security Council has begun assessing Somalia's governance and security institutions, the results of which will form the basis for an exit strategy from the country.
WPXI Pittsburgh
March 24, 2017
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Royal Dutch Shell's Nigeria subsidiary "fiercely opposed" environmental testing and is concealing data showing thousands of Nigerians are exposed to health hazards from a stalled cleanup of the worst oil spills in the West AfricanÃÂ ...
The Daily Breeze
March 24, 2017
Somali soldiers walk near the wreckage of a car bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia Friday, March 24, 2017. A police official says the car bomb exploded near a restaurant and hotel in Somalia's capital killing at least one person and wounding others.
Houston Chronicle
March 24, 2017
Al-Shabab was blamed for a suicide bombing that blew a hole in a jetliner last year, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Officials have cited the incident in recent days as an example of a laptop-borne bomb after ...
Garowe Online
March 24, 2017
A large white plume of smoke was visible in the air as Mogadishu ambulances rushed to the scene and carried away the wounded to nearby hospitals for medical treatment.
The Star, Kenya
March 24, 2017
In the 1990s and 2000s, the impact of Somalians on the estate was felt strongly, reflected in some of the names of buildings around Eastleigh, including the Hotel Taleh, referencing a part of Mogadishu. However, the main impact of these Somalians was ...
AllAfrica.com
March 24, 2017
A powerful blast believed to be a car bomb just heard around central hotel in Mogadishu, becoming the second attack in a day.
Roads and Kingdoms
March 23, 2017
Walk a few blocks up to Little Mogadishu and have tea and samosas at Kisimayo. Head to Chinese ... Get piri-piri prawns the size of your toddler at the unpretentious Portuguese Troyeville Hotel, which also happens to have some of the best views of the ...
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