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China, Russia are 'destabilizing' Africa, warns United States

The United States warned Tuesday that China and Russia were destabilizing Africa with their growing inroads as it rolled out the red carpet to the continent's leaders and pledged billions of dollars in support.

Radio France Internationale

Fear of the F-word: Somalia avoids famine declaration as hunger spreads

Government fears interference from foreign aid agencies could destabilise development policy in a country hit by conflict and the climate crisis – yet people are dying of malnutrition

The Guardian - UK

Somalia car bombing: 100 dead as al Qaeda-linked group takes responsibility

The people who were killed included “mothers carrying children, fathers seeking medical treatment, students going to study and businessmen working to feed their families,” President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Daily Mirror

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Somalia: 100 dead and 300 injured after twin explosions rock capital

Civilians gather near the ruins of a building at the scene of an explosion

Evening Standard

Death toll from Somalia twin bombings climbs to 100

The number of people killed in twin car bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu, claimed by Al-Shabaab Islamists, has risen to 100, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Death toll from Al-Shabaab bomb attacks in Somalia climbs to 100

The number of people killed in twin car bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 100, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday. The attacks have been claimed by Al-Shabaab militants.

Radio France Internationale

Death toll from Somalia twin bombings rises to 100

The number of people killed in an attack on Saturday at a busy intersection in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 100, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday.

France 24

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Death Toll from Somalia Twin Bombings Climbs to 100

The number of people killed in an attack on Saturday at a busy intersection in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 100, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday. "So far, people who died have reached 100 and 300 are wounded, and the number for both the death and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At least 100 killed, 300 hurt in ‘heinous’ Mogadishu car bombings

Somali president says death toll could rise further after Saturday’s twin bombings targeting the education ministry.

Al Jazeera

‘Scores of casualties’ after twin blasts in Somalia’s capital

Vehicle loaded with explosives drove into the education ministry compound in Mogadishu and detonated.

Al Jazeera

After Somalia hotel siege, a vow to tackle al-Shabab 'snake'

The deadly siege of a hotel in Somalia's capital over the weekend was the longest such attack in the country's history

The Independent UK

Alarm bells as Somalia's new president sours relationship with Ethiopia

The new government in Somalia that won elections held in May has got off to a rocky political start in its relations with the relatively powerful and influential neighbour, Ethiopia.

The Conversation

Somali forces end deadly al-Shabaab hotel siege

Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that lasted about 30 hours, a security commander told AFP around midnight Saturday.

France 24

Somali forces end al-Shabab siege at Mogadishu hotel

Somali authorities take control of popular hotel after deadly attack by al-Shabab fighters that lasted 30 hours.

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Militant siege of Somali hotel ends after 21 people killed and more than 100 injured

The siege ends after an hours-long exchange of fire that left at least 21 people dead, according to police and witnesses.

Tribune News Service

At least 20 dead as Mogadishu hotel siege enters second day

Somalia’s security forces battled militant fighters for a second consecutive night in Mogadishu’s Hayat hotel, the largest siege in the country since Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected president in May.

WEKU

It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to end a hotel attack that killed 21 people

More than 100 people were also wounded. The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which has ties with al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Independent UK

Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead

Islamic militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with the security forces that left at least 20 people dead

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Asharq Al-Awsat

At Least 12 Killed in Somalia Hotel Siege, Intelligence Officer Says

At least 12 people have been killed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked a hotel, seizing control in a siege that authorities are still battling to end, an intelligence officer told Reuters on Saturday. The attackers blasted their way into the Hayat Hotel on Friday evening with two…

Al Jazeera

Somali forces battle to end deadly hotel siege in Mogadishu

The Independent UK

In a first, Somalia-based al-Shabab is attacking in Ethiopia

The al-Shabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia’s internal turmoil to cross the border from neighboring Somalia in unprecedented attacks in recent weeks that a top U.S. military commander has warned could continue

Radio France Internationale

Former al-Shabaab fighter given ministerial post by Somali government

A former deputy leader of the al-Shabaab extremist group has been named a government minister by Somalia’s new administration in what some are describing as an attempt to persuade the jihadists to renounce violence.

Reuters

Somalia says 5,000 missing soldiers to come home soon from Eritrea

Somalia will soon bring home 5,000 men it sent to train in Eritrea as soldiers, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday, after months of protests by the men's parents claiming they had been recruited under false pretences and held captive.

Al Jazeera

US says it killed two al-Shabab fighters in Somalia air raid

US Africa Command says strike in southern Lower Juba region was carried out in response to attack on ‘partner forces’.

Reuters

Somalia, Kenya ink deals on khat, aviation as relations warm

The presidents of Somalia and Kenya signed a range of deals on Friday, including one to restart trade of the stimulant khat, the countries' foreign ministers said, in a sign of improving diplomatic relations.

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