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Al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility Wednesday for a car bomb and shooting attack that left at least 6 dead at a hotel in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu.
Two members of parliament were among the dead, according to police Capt. Mohamed Hussein.
Somalian al-Shabaab militants killed two soldiers in the country’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Tuesday in a bomb attack, according to an officer in the region’s military.
Al Shabaab took responsibility for the assault but cited a higher toll.
Nigerian security forces clashed with oil militants and Biafran secessionists in separate confrontations Monday that killed at least 20 civilians and two police officers, officials and witnesses said.
Over the weekend, soldiers fired on speedboats believed to be carrying members of the Niger Delta Avengers, a group that has claimed attacks on key oil pipelines, and killed or wounded an unknown number, army spokesman Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman said.