Tea shop bomb in Somali town kills at least 7 MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed when a bomb exploded in a tea shop popular with government troops in the Somali town of Wanlaweyn on Saturday, officials and residents said. Regional capitals and Western donors are nervous of any reversal of security gains made in Somalia by African Union peacekeepers in the fight against al Qaeda-linked militants, seen as a threat to ...
June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Tea shop bomb in Somali town kills at least seven MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed when a bomb exploded in a tea shop popular with government troops in the Somali town of Wanlaweyn on Saturday, officials and residents said. Regional capitals and Western donors are nervous of any reversal of security gains made in Somalia by African Union peacekeepers in the fight against al Qaeda-linked militants, seen as a threat to ...
June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Hussein Aideed in Guardian Unlimited There are 3,500 Islamists hiding in Mogadishu and the surrounding areas and they are likely to destabilize the security of the city,Interior Minister Hussein Aideed said at a news conference.
Ali Mohamed Gedi in USA Today We are in Mogadishu,Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi said after meeting with clan leaders to discuss the handover of the city. "We are coordinating our forces to take control of Mogadishu."
Salad Ali Jelle in Washington Post We call on the civilians living in terrorist-held areas in Mogadishu to abandon their houses because it is possible that government troops may target these areas any time,Jelle said. "We have to clean Al-Qaida elements from Mogadishu."