Muna Hotel
| Muna Hotel | |
|---|---|
  Location in Somalia | |
General information | |
| Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Coordinates | 2°2′22″N 45°20′14″E / 2.03944°N 45.33722°E |
| Owner | Abdullahi Warsame (manager) |
Muna Hotel (Arabic: فندق منى, Somali: Funduq Muna, French: Hotel Muna) is a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. The hotel, located less than a mile from Somalia's presidential palace, is a noted conference centre and is regularly used for meetings between government officials and important persons. [1]
History
[edit]In 2010 it was the centre of a suicide attack, killing several members of the Somali Parliament amidst the fighting that began on 23 August.[2]
Architecture
[edit]Contemporary reports described the Muna Hotel as a multi-storey building on a street corner in Mogadishu, close to Villa Somalia and within an area controlled by Somali government and African Union forces.[3][4][5] Contemporary descriptions of the facade noted mint and pink paint, grey shutters, two projecting pink balconies, and exterior signage reading "Hotel Muna" in French, with Arabic text below.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Al-Shabab vows 'massive' Somali war". Al Jazeera. 24 August 2010.
- ↑ "Somali MPs killed in hotel suicide attack". BBC News. 24 August 2010.
- 1 2 Muhumed, Malakhadir M.; Hassan, Mohamed Olad (24 August 2010). "Suicide bomber attacks Somali hotel, killing 32". The Washington Times. Associated Press.
- ↑ Pham, J. Peter (2011). State Collapse, Insurgency, and Famine in the Horn of Africa: Legitimacy and the Ongoing Somali Crisis (PDF) (Report). Atlantic Council. p. 19.
- ↑ Sheikh, Abdi; Omar, Feisal (8 February 2012). "Al Shabaab car bomber kills 11 in Mogadishu". Reuters.
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