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The US Embassy in Mogadishu has touched off a flurry of security ... Al-Shabaab published photos of its fighters occupying government buildings in multiple locations, raising anxiety about the ...

Famine, civil war, Kalashnikovs, despots… We hear the word Mogadishu and immediately images from Black Hawk Down start playing in our minds. That hasn’t been good for the country, and it hasn ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded Tuesday near Somalia’s presidential palace and the government said the attack by a militant group targeted the president’s convoy.

The US embassy in Mogadishu issued an alert to Americans ... Nevertheless, al-Shabaab released photos of its fighters occupying government buildings in several locations, raising anxiety about ...

Since January 2007, residents of Mogadishu, the Somali capital, have been gripped by a terrifying campaign of violence that has killed and injured hundreds of civilians, provoked the largest and ...

Al Shabab militants have seized control of Barire town in the Lower Shabelle region, some 55 km southwest of Mogadishu.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded Tuesday near Somalia's presidential palace and the government said the attack by a militant group targeted the president's convoy. The ...