Muna Hotel ( , , ) 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 . 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 . The hotel is located on a street corner and is housed in a three-storey building . The building is painted in mint and pink and has grey shutters.The two balconies jut out from the building and are painted pink . The logo for Muna Hotel on the side of the hotel is painted in blue and white . The hotel name is given in French as " Hotel Muna " and then in Arabic underneath
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