<span style="color: #222222;">In Somalia, a fierce gun battle broke out yesterday near a major city centre hotel in capital Mogadishu. A security officer said, there is heavy exchange of gunfire and grenade explosions.<br />''<br />''The presidential palace is very close to the Hotel. The prime minister's offices are in the same district. The hotel has been targeted by the al-Shabaab Islamist group several times in the past. In 2016, a car bomb attack on the hotel in August killed 15 people and caused extensive damage.</span><br />