Storming of hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace highlights resilience of the al-Qaeda affiliate.
The armed group considers the United Arab Emirates an ‘enemy’ for its backing of the Somali government.
The UN helicopter accidentally landed in al-Shabab territory on Wednesday, with 6 of 9 passengers taken hostage.
Several passengers reportedly taken after helicopter lands in territory controlled by the armed group.
The embargo was placed on Somalia in 1992 to cut the flow of weapons to feuding warlords in the country.
Al-Shabab group claimed responsibility for the attack, which came a day after a deadly car bombing in Mogadishu.
Premier Hamza Abdi Barre discusses why, despite the international support for the army, al-Shabab remains powerful.
Armed group al-Shabab, which wages a war against the Somali state, uses the platforms to post its activities.
Kenya postpones reopening the border amid turbulent ties and al-Shabab attacks.
The attack by al-Shabab occurred in villages that border Somalia, an area where the group often carries out raids.
Eritrea quit the body in 2007 in protest of its neighbour Ethiopia deploying troops to Somalia to fight al-Shabab.
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At least six people have been killed and 10 injured in attack on upmarket hotel restaurant, police said.
Ethiopia says army stopped attackers before they could ‘wreak havoc’ in the border town of Dollo.
Announcement comes a week after al-Shabab fighters stormed a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia.
