An official says that in the weeks preceding the attack the threat level had been elevated around the city's airport.

A new report to be published this week more than doubles previous death toll estimates.

An assassination attempt on the most-wanted American jihadi in Somalia left him with a neck wound, according to the Alabama native's Twitter.

Believed to be member of al-Qaeda linked Somalia group.

Since al-Shabab have been pushed out of almost all of Somalia's cities and towns, elopement once again is popular among young Somali couples.

Officials indicated the explosive devices were more advanced than normal, a possible indication of greater involvement by al-Qaida.

The Islamic extremist rebels of al-Shabab said in a statement that they executed an army private after the Nairobi government failed to meet their demands.

A joint Somali-African Union investigation into a case of civilian casualties found that African Union troops killed seven civilians, including five children.

Gunmen believed to be al-Qaida-linked militants kill 5 people in a restaurant.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebels said Wednesday that France signed the death warrant of a French intelligence agent when it launched a rescue operation last weekend that failed to bring him home.

The militant group al-Shabab has held the French agent, Denis Allex, since July 2009. Al-Shabab said in a lengthy statement Wednesday that the group decided to kill Allex in retaliation for the Friday-Saturday overnight operation. Two French soldiers and 17 Somalis were killed during the rescue attempt, French officials say.