Somali soldiers stand near the wreckage of vehicles in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Sunday, after a car bomb detonated Saturday night. Troops regained control of the Nasa-Hablod hotel on Sunday morning, having killed three attackers and captured two alive, said Capt Mohamed Hussein. The assault started Saturday afternoon when a suicide truck bomb exploded outside the popular hotel in the capital. A 22,000-strong multinational African Union force in Somalia is expected to withdraw its forces and hand over the country's security to the Somali military by the end of 2020. US military officials and others in recent months have expressed concern that Somali forces are not yet ready to take over.

Source: Bangkok Post October 29, 2017 07:27 UTC