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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

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

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