By Emmanuel Igunza & Sam HancockSomali forces are battling to regain control of a hotel seized by militants in the centre of the capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday evening.
Witnesses have told the BBC of hearing multiple explosions and heavy gunfire coming from the popular Villa Rays hotel near the presidential palace.The Villa Rays hotel, which has also been referred to as Villa Rose, is popular with government officials and several ministers have confirmed being rescued.
Speaking to the BBC Mr Hirsi described the impact of the initial blast: "We prayed evening prayers in the small mosque in the hotel and there is this big explosion, deafening explosion, massive, that shattered glass everywhere, that shook the foundation of the building in which we were meeting. An unknown number of assailants, armed with explosives and guns, were involved, police officers told Reuters news agency."We were shaken," Ahmed Abdullahi, who lives close to the scene, told the news agency. "We are just indoors, listening to gunfire."
As Africans, we should be thinking of tackling insecurities, and economic crises and creating Unity among ourselves and we must stop creating senseless wars among ourselves. Peace is the only option for all the infighting in African countries.
man this is terrible are yu saying after more than 8 hours they still cannot contain teh situation? where is the AU security forces
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