Kismayu

/ kɪsˈmɑːjuː /

noun

1. another name for Chisimaio

Example Sentences

Kismayu is the commercial capital of Jubbaland, a region of southern Somalia still partly controlled by al Shabaab.

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In 2019, a similar attack at another hotel in Kismayu killed at least 26 people.

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"There is a blast at Tawakal hotel and there is gunfire being heard," Mohamed Nur, a police captain, told Reuters from Kismayu.

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"The security forces have besieged the scene," Farah Ali, a shopkeeper in Kismayu, told Reuters.

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Al Shabaab was driven out of Kismayu in 2012.

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