The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Mogadishu, Somalia – Liban Hassan* has spent most of his adult life fishing off Somalia’s northeast coast – often ...

The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Mogadishu, Somalia – Liban Hassan* has spent most of his adult life fishing off Somalia’s northeast coast ...

Al Jazeera also reports that the jihadist group called the news network to claim responsibility, as well. Somalia’s security minister reportedly claimed the alleged commander of the attacks was ...

Somali soldiers outside the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu. Image from The Associated Press. Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, carried out a devastating attack last night outside the Jazeera hotel in ...