Hotel Muna

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Muna Hotel
Muna Hotel is located in Somalia
Muna Hotel
Location in Somalia
General information
LocationMogadishu, Somalia
Coordinates2°2′22″N 45°20′14″E / 2.03944°N 45.33722°E / 2.03944; 45.33722
OwnerAbdullahi 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

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

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

References

  1. "Al-Shabab vows 'massive' Somali war". Al Jazeera. 24 August 2010.
  2. "Somali MPs killed in hotel suicide attack". BBC News. 24 August 2010.
  3. Muhumed, Malakhadir M.; Hassan, Mohamed Olad (24 August 2010). "Suicide bomber attacks Somali hotel, killing 32". The Washington Times. Associated Press.
  4. 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.
  5. Sheikh, Abdi; Omar, Feisal (8 February 2012). "Al Shabaab car bomber kills 11 in Mogadishu". Reuters.