Martial law for Somalia as government asserts authority

"MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somalia's parliament has given interim President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed backing to impose martial law after the government's Islamist enemies were forced from their last remaining hideout. As Ahmed's weak transitional administration sought to stamp its...

Islamists Defeated in Somali, but Regional Concerns Remain

"Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com) - The fall of Somalia's Islamists drew mixed reactions in Kenya, a country that is home to a large Somali community and which hosted a peace process that led to the formation of an interim administration. The administration, known as the...

Heavy fighting erupts in Somalia

"Heavy fighting has broken out close to the base of the weak Somali interim government in Baidoa."

Car bomb targeting Somali president kills five - Scotsman

" HASSAN YARE IN BAIDOA A CAR bomb killed five people and wounded several others outside parliament in Baidoa, Somalia's provincial capital yesterday in an assassination attempt on president Abdullahi Yusuf. Six attackers were killed in a gunbattle with Yusuf's bodyguards...

Murdered Somali minister buried - BBC News

" Militia loyal to the Islamic courts control Mogadishu Hundreds of mourners in the Somali town of Baidoa have attended the burial of a minister in the transitional government a day after he was shot dead. Interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi said those responsible for...

Somali government minister killed - BBC News

" The plane that landed in Mogadishu is thought to have carried arms Riots have broken out in the Somali town of Baidoa after a minister in the transitional government was shot dead. Minister Abdallah Isaaq Deerow was killed outside a mosque in Baidoa, where the government is...