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Hundreds of families are on the move in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after three days of fighting between government troops supported by African Union peacekeeping troops (AMISOM) and Islamist insurgents, local sources told IRIN.
Al-Shabab insurgents remain a potent force in Somalia, but there is no public hint of talks on the horizon to reach a political settlement.
Thousands of demonstrators on Sunday rallied in the capital Mogadishu to show solidarity against the extremist group al-Shabab, and condemn its truck bombing that killed more than 70 people and injured 100 more at the compound of the Ministry of Education...
Hospitals in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are overwhelmed by the number of injured people seeking treatment following a suicide bombing on 4 October, health officials told IRIN.
The Somali government on Tuesday strongly condemned a suicide bomb that killed over 60 people and injured scores at a ministerial compound in the heart of the capital Mogadishu.
The president of Somalia Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed on Monday went on a tour of the capital Mogadishu where he ordered a thorough cleanup of the quarters previously occupied by the militant Islamist group al-Shabab.
How People Arrived Here: sinaay military...
On September 29 the EU NAVFOR warship FGS KÖLN located and destroyed a suspicious whaler close to a beach off Somalia, 100 nautical miles SW of Mogadishu.
On Septemebr 28th EUNAVFOR warship FGS KÖLN stopped and boarded a suspicious group of two small boats, a whaler and skiff.
How People Arrived Here: fuel stops for boats, somalia skiff, suspicious boat
President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya called on the United Nations Security Council to provide necessary support to boost the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) since the withdrawal of Al-Shabaab militants in Mogadishu.