Somalia

A Shabaab suicide bomber killed the interior minister and a former ambassador during an attack outside a hotel in Beletwein that killed more than 20 people. Ten more Somalis have been killed during fighting in Mogadishu. The Hawiye clan denounced African Union troops for shelling in the capital.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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