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Ongoing threat: Although Al-Shabaab was driven out of Mogadishu more than a decade ago and lost control of several towns in recent months, its latest attack on a hotel next to the president’s official residence shows that it remains a danger. Photo: AFP
ADAM HIRSI

Al-Shabaab shocks Mogadishu with 20-hour standoff

The militant group is supposed to be on the back foot, but it retains the capacity to execute deadly raids in the capital city

  • Yunis Dekow
3 min read
ABIY AHMED

Somali troops may have been drawn into Ethiopia’s civil war

The Mail & Guardian spoke to Somalis about their relatives who disappeared after signing up for military training and fear they may have been killed

  • Amanda Sperber
4 min read