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At least nine people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a gun and bomb attack by suspected al-Shabab fighters at an upmarket beachfront hotel in the Somali capital, officials and witnesses said. Security forces struggled to regain control of the Elite Hotel in the Lido beach …

At least eight soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded after a suicide bomber detonated a car with explosives on Saturday. Soldiers opened fire after the blast sent clouds of smoke into the air, said Halima Abdisalan, a mother of three who lives near the area. “We were walking indoors …