At least 26 people have been killed after a hotel in southern Somalia was attacked.
Gunmen stormed the Asasey hotel in the port of Kismayo after a bomber drove a car containing explosives into the building.
Hodan Nalayeh, a Canadian-Somali TV journalist, has been named as one of the victims.
The militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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