Somali government forces have ended a six-hour siege by militants at a major prison near the president’s office in Mogadishu. The government said on Sunday that all seven attackers were killed. The attack, claimed by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group, occurred on Saturday. No civilians or security officers were killed. The siege followed the lifting of long-standing roadblocks in Mogadishu. These barriers had been in place for years to protect government sites. Mogadishu had been relatively calm recently as government forces pushed al-Shabab fighters out of several areas in central and southern Somalia.Read More
