<span style="color: #222222;">In Somalia, at least seven people have been killed in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a hotel in the port town of Kismayo.<br />'' <br />'' Authorities said a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the hotel before several heavily armed gunmen forced their way inside, shooting as they went. A former local administration minister and a lawmaker were among those killed.<br />''<br />''The attack is the latest in a long line of bombing and assaults claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked group.</span><br />