Kismayo

At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a top regional official said on Saturday.

At least 18 people were killed in Somalia on Saturday in two bomb attacks carried out by suspected Shebab militants in the south of the country and the capital Mogadishu, officials said.

Several Somali soldiers were killed overnight on Sunday when Shebab fighters attacked a base in the southern Kismayo region, officials and witnesses said today.

Yasmin saw her father off two months ago, when Suleiman Madiyar set sail. Recently, his ship was on its way from the rebel territory of Kismayo in Somalia to Dubai, when Somalian pirates struck.

At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a top regional official said on Saturday.

At least 18 people were killed in Somalia on Saturday in two bomb attacks carried out by suspected Shebab militants in the south of the country and the capital Mogadishu, officials said.

Several Somali soldiers were killed overnight on Sunday when Shebab fighters attacked a base in the southern Kismayo region, officials and witnesses said today.

Yasmin saw her father off two months ago, when Suleiman Madiyar set sail. Recently, his ship was on its way from the rebel territory of Kismayo in Somalia to Dubai, when Somalian pirates struck.