It was not immediately clear how many casualties there were. "A car bomb exploded at Banadir beach restaurant at Lido beach and there is exchange of gunfire. We have no other details so far," Major ...

The group has carried out a series of deadly attacks in Somalia to try to topple the Western-backed government. The attackers set off a car bomb at the Banadir restaurant at the city's Lido beach ...

Hundreds gathered Monday at a Somalia beach hotel, the site of an attack claimed by al-Qaida's East Africa affiliate that left 37 people dead and dozens wounded, to condemn the violence and demand ...