Somalis build mosque on cemetery
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Somali militiamen are building a mosque on the site of an Italian cemetery, which they desecrated last week.
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BAIDOA, Somalia  - Somali police stepped up   security patrols in the government's temporary base of Baidoa   on Tuesday as part of investigations into the country's first   known suicide bombing, which targeted President Abdullahi   Yusuf.
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The Islamists in Mogadishu seem to be trying to increase public support by softening their views, at least officially.
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Marines converted a mosque into a food and medical distribution center for residents Monday.
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Ongoing clashes in the capital left nearly 300 Somalis dead and hundreds more wounded last month, a local human rights group said Saturday.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist fighters opened fire   in the Somali port city of Kismayo on Monday toward residents   burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest against   the Islamist takeover of their city hours before.
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KISMAAYO, Somalia, Sept. 25 -- Islamic fighters in this Somali port city opened fire Monday toward residents who were burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest the takeover of the city hours earlier by the Islamic Courts militia.
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A headless statue of a soldier stands guard at the entrance of Somalia's "City of Death" &#151; a fitting monument in a place once more stalked by war. An Islamic movement, accused of having al-Qaida terrorists in its ranks, and a new U.N.-backed government struggling to end 15 years of anarchy are vying for control of this nation and girding for battle.
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Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi vowed on Tuesday to bring ousted Islamists to justice after the latest spate of postwar attacks targeted a minister's house and the port in Mogadishu.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The first peacekeepers to arrive in Somalia's capital in more than 10 years were met with a surge of violence yesterday, as mortar rounds hit the airport during a welcoming ceremony and a deadly battle broke out on the city's crumbling streets.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist fighters in the   Somali port city of Kismayo opened fire on Monday on residents   burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest against   the Islamist takeover of the city hours before.
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Somalia inaugurated a transitional parliament Sunday, taking an important first step toward forming a new government for the devastated country even as rivalries continue
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At least 100 Somalis are feared drowned in the massive waves produced by Sunday&#39;s undersea earthquake off the coast of Indonesia.
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A mother and her three children are among 12 dead as mortars are fired in the Somali capital, witnesses say.
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Somali police raid a mosque, as the main market in the capital opens after an arms dispute closed it for five days.
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The airport in Somalia's capital is attacked with mortars as the first African Union peacekeepers arrive.
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NAIROBI, Aug. 22 -- Members of a new Somali transitional parliament were sworn in Sunday, a key step toward establishing the country&#39;s first national government since 1991.