Somalia: Al-Shabaab surges on multiple fronts
On June 8, al-Shabaab raided a hotel along Mogadishu’s Lido Beach and killed six guests and three members of the Somali special forces, who had entered the hotel to rescue 84 hostages that eventually escaped (garoweonline.com, June 9). The attack sent a message to the country’s leadership that nowhere in Mogadishu is immune to violence, since the hotel …
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