The Latest Breaking News from AlShabab

Somalia President Mohamud urges citizens to help flush out members of the group he describes as ‘bedbugs’.

Washington says armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in Somalia make it impossible for citizens to return safely.

Baidoa, surrounded by Al-Shabab militants, is at the heart of Somalia's worst drought in 40 years. Aid groups warn of impending famine. "The needs are overwhelming," says a UNICEF specialist.

Eight civilians and one soldier killed during siege and five other soldiers wounded, police spokesman says.

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Mohamed Sayid Hassan Elmi is believed to have been in Somalia for less than two weeks before the attack, which saw al-Shabaab militants open fire at guests of the Villa Rose Hotel

Government officials frequently use the Villa Rosa hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu for meetings.

Somalia’s government said Saturday that a military operation in the country’s Lower and Middle Shabelle and Hiran regions killed more than 100 extremist al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab militants. Somalia’s deputy information minister Abdirahman Yusuf Omar Adala said the operation took place on the outskirts of the village of El-Dhere at the…

There has been no immediate word of any casualties. Al-Shabab said its fighters attacked the hotel Villa Rose, which has a restaurant popular with government and security officials.