Somali officials say security forces have ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne, leaving an unknown number of people dead, including all the al-Shabab militants who ...

It was in 2017 when Somali pirates hijacked the Comoros-flagged Aris 13 - their last major attack before a periodof relative calm. Years later, the threat has returned with full force. As many as ...