Shabaab’s claim as published by Shahada News. Yesterday, Shabaab claimed credit for a suicide car bombing and subsequent raid into the popular Maka al Mukamara hotel in Mogadishu. The siege, which was ...

Photo of the aftermath from Friday’s suicide bombings, taken from Shabaab’s Shahada News Agency. Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia and East Africa, claimed Friday’s suicide assault on the ...