A victim of an assault by militants was carried away from the Ambassador Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday. Credit Mohamed Abdiwahab/Agence France. Somali security forces retake control of a popular beachside restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu, after an attack by Islamist militants that left 20 killed. Somalia has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic. During the Stone Age, the Doian and Hargeisan cultures flourished here. The oldest evidence of burial. Welcome to Hiiraan Online, your source of news and information about Somalia. Somalia news, all the latest and breaking Somalia news from telegraph.co.uk. Islamist militant group al-Shabab is battling the UN-backed government in Somalia and has carried out attacks in neighbouring Kenya. Who are they? Read the latest Somalia headlines, on NewsNow: the one-stop shop for Somalia news Commentry & Opinions: send your comments to comments@banadir.com Disposition of Impeachment Motion will shape Somali politics. Mogadishu (/ ˌ m ɔː ɡ ə ˈ d iː ʃ uː /; Somali: Muqdisho; Arabic: مقديشو ‎‎ Maqadīshū), known locally as Hamar, is the largest and capital city of. World news about Somalia. Breaking news and archival information about its people, politics and economy from The New York Times.