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Somali soldiers stand guard next to wreckage from a car bomb outside the U.N.'s office in Mogadishu on Tuesday. At least 13 people were killed in twin bombings near U.N. and African Union buildings adjoining Mogadishu's airport, police said, in what the j

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Suicide Bombings In Somalia's Capital Kill 13 Near Peacekeeping Base

4:46pm July 26, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Car bombs detonated at checkpoints near the entrance to one of the African Union bases in Mogadishu, killed more than a dozen people. The base is used by the union's peacekeeping troops.

Fire is seen at the scene of a car bomb attack claimed by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabab militants on the Naasa Hablod hotel in Mogadishu on Saturday.

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At Least 12 Dead After Gunmen Storm Hotel In Somalia's Capital

7:41pm June 25, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A group of attackers detonated a car bomb and then rushed into a hotel in the heart of Mogadishu, taking hostages. Security forces say they have now taken control of the scene.

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Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility For Bombing Of Somali Jet Last Week

1:48pm February 13, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The al-Qaida-linked militant group says it was responsible for the Feb. 2 bombing of a jet. The bomber was the only casualty of the attack; despite a hole in its fuselage, the plane landed safely.

A hole is seen in a plane operated by Daallo Airlines as it sits on a runway at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Tuesday.

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Video Seems To Show Somali Airport Workers Had Role In Plane Bombing

12:17pm February 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

CCTV footage seems to show airport workers handing off a suitcase to the bomber, who was the only casualty in the attack. He was sucked out of a hole in the side of the plane.

People carry away a body from Lido beach in Mogadishu, Somalia, after an attack on a beachfront restaurant.

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Militants Kill At Least 17 In Attack On Somali Beachfront Restaurant

11:14am January 22, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Gunmen holed up in a restaurant after firing on diners and passers-by. The militant Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the violence.

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Al-Shabab Militants Strike African Union Base In Somalia

3:40pm September 01, 2015

by Emma Bowman

The peacekeeping group known as Amisom says the militants used a car loaded with explosives to force their way through the base gates. It was the second attack on a base this summer.

While Obama Talks Security In Kenya, Al-Shabab Carries Out Attack In Somalia

2:48pm July 26, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The al-Qaida affiliated extremist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu that has killed at least 10 people.

President Obama and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta onstage after delivering remarks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at the United Nations compound in Nairobi, on Saturday.

Obama, Kenyan President Discuss Deeper Counterterrorism Ties

4:01pm July 25, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The president and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, also addressed the delicate issue of the country's poor record on gay rights.

Al-Shabab recruits walk down a street on March 5, 2012, in the Somalian capital, Mogadishu, following their graduation. The militant group has transformed from being just a Somali group to a regional network in East Africa.

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Al-Shabab: One Terror Group, Many Brands

5:18am April 08, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Al-Shabab's deadly attack on a college in Kenya illustrates the changing face of the militant group. Al-Shabab emerged in Somalia but now it's described as a transnational network across East Africa.

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Kenyan Christians pray as they join a morning service at Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday.

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Kenyans Mourn Dead From Al-Shabab Attack

9:57am April 05, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Many Christians in the east African country gathering at churches for Easter Sunday used the occasion to remember 148 killed in the campus assault.