File photo of an explosion in Mogadishu

20 killed as car bomb explosion rocks Somali capital Mogadishu

Politics Mar 07
At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu late on Friday, an emergency services official said
The deadly siege at the Afrik hotel which left 10 other civilians injured
Five dead in Mogadishu hotel car bomb attack
Life Style Feb 08
Five people, plus four attackers, were killed in an attack at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to Somali police.
People flee from the area as gunshots are heard, on a street near the Afrik hotel in the capital Mog
Al Shabaab militants kill 5, wound 10 in hotel blast
Politics Feb 01
As the smoke rises from the site of the blast, Mogadishu was once more rocked by fighters of the Al Qaeda linked Islamist group al Shabaab.
The hotel is popular with local politicians and Somalis from the diaspora
Militants attack Mogadishu beachfront hotel
Politics Aug 17
Suspected Islamist militants have attacked a hotel on the beachfront in the Somali capital Mogadishu.