Al-Shabaab

Kenyan security forces have killed all the Somali terrorists who stormed an upscale Nairobi hotel compound, taking at least 21 lives and forcing hundreds of people into terrifying escapes, the government said on Wednesday Jan. 16.

Somalia isn’t benefiting much from Ethiopia’s “help” in fighting a war against terrorism, but Ethiopia has much to gain.

The al-Shabaab militant group, which has ties to al-Qaeda, has left is main stronghold in southern Somalia following battles with Somali and Kenyan troops.

Somalia’s newly elected president survived an assassination attempt where gunmen stormed a hotel in Mogadishu where he was meeting with Kenyan diplomats, underscoring the precarious security situation in the country.