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security forces in somalia say theyre sweeping a hotel in the capital, mogadishu, for explosives after ending a 30—hour siege by islamist militants but there has no independent confirmation. al—shabab militants stormed the hayat hotel on friday. our reporter, emily brown, gave me the latest on the story. we know that dozens of people were evacuated from the building, which is said to be popular with both journalists and pop — as politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours with the...

You are their allegiances with? al—shabab�*s allegiance remains to al-qaeda. the islamic state has tried to flip al—shabab over to its side, and did not succeed in that, so a splinter group emerged which has become the islamic state in somalia, however, it still remains rather weak. al—shabab is not only the strongest of the militant groups andjihadi groups in somalia, but it also remains essentially aligned in its ideology with al-qaeda. but it is a very powerful group in and of itself,...