The Somali National Army (SNA) has carried out a well-coordinated military operation in the Busleey area of Lower Shabelle, dealing a significant blow to the al-Shabaab militant group, commonly ...

By Jethro IbilekeA journalist with Independent Television, Hassan Olasunkanmi Quadri, was allegedly assaulted and brutalized by members of the newly launched Edo State Special Security Squad, ...

Somali security forces have ended a deadly 24-hour siege by Islamist fighters who stormed a popular hotel in the central city of Beledweyne, authorities said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a ...

Gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali city of Beledweyne on Tuesday, leaving at least five people dead and triggering an ongoing siege, according to witnesses and a Somali lawmaker. In an interview ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The mastermind of the SYL Hotel Al-Shabaab raid was a former worker in the Lower House of Somalia parliament, Garowe Online can exclusively report, what showcases security lapses ...

Somalia security officers patrol near the SYL hotel building which was attacked on Thursday by al-Shabab Islamic extremist rebels in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday March 15, 2024.

Security forces in Somalia say they have killed all five attackers who laid siege to a hotel in a normally secure area of the capital.

Somali security forces brought to an end the siege of a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, state media said Saturday, after the Islamist Al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack.

"Special elite forces gained access to the entry into the upper floors of the hotel," one witness told VOA Somali. Al-Shabab group, affiliated with al-Qaida, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

A Somali TV reporter was badly wounded when two members of an elite police unit fired on him as he tried to cover the recent hotel siege in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, and yet they were released ...

People remove damaged furniture from the destroyed Hayat Hotel, days after a deadly siege by al-Shabab extremists, in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022.

Al-Shabab, the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group, stormed a popular hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, the other day. Somali forces pushed back and ended a 30-hour siege, but the attack left 21 people ...