Mogadishu Rebels

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  6 Killed Including Two Turks In Somalia Killings

  Gunmen have killed six people in a drive-by shooting, including two Turkish hospital workers, in the latest violence to hit Somalia's capital Mogadishu, authorities said today.

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  Al Shabaab Attack on Somali Hotel Kills At Least 13

  The Somali militant Islamist group Al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel today, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group said.

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  Dozens Killed in Al Shabaab Fighting in Somalia, Attacks in Capital

  Fighting in south Somalia between al Shabaab militants and government forces killed at least 24 people, while a rebel attack in the capital killed three Transport Ministry workers and a lawmaker, officials and the group said on Saturday.

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  Al Shabaab Militants Attack Somali Government Building, at Least 10 Dead

  Al Shabaab Islamist militants attacked a government building housing two ministries in the Somali capital on Tuesday, setting off two big blasts before gunmen stormed inside, killing at least 10 people, police and the rebels said.

• Somalia's al-Shabaab rebels back on Twitter after suspension

  Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab militants, who have used Twitter to announce assassinations and bombings, are back on the micro-blog service two weeks after their account was suspended.

• Somali rebels shell peacekeepers, at least 9 dead

  Islamist rebels armed with mortars and machine guns attacked African Union forces in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, sparking a battle that killed at least nine people, officials and residents said on Tuesday. The al Shabaab militants, who are allied to al Qaeda, were forced out of most of the city last year but have kept up sporadic bomb an...