Somali forces battle militants in hotel siege

Somali forces have ended a more than 20-hour battle to regain control of a hotel near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, that had been seized by al-Shabab militants. We hear from Somalia's Minister for Environment, Adam Aw Hirsi, who was among those who managed to escape when the attackers first stormed the building.

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Photo: An ambulance takes the injured to a hospital after the deadly attack on the Villa Rose Hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Credit: Reuters.