MOGADISHU, Somalia --Somali survivors early Thursday described harrowing scenes from the night-long siege of a popular Mogadishu restaurant by al-Shabab Islamic extremists that was ended by security ...

In the wake of a night-long assault on a Mogadishu hotel in which 23 people were killed, Somalia's government has fired the police and intelligence chiefs Sunday. The Cabinet voted to sack the chiefs ...

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ON JUNE 5th, Islamist fighters loyal to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) seized the Somali capital of Mogadishu. The ICU's sudden consolidation of power has increased concerns that the anarchic African ...