Somalis flee as attacks escalate
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At least 10,000 people flee fresh violence since the start of peace talks in Somalia's capital, the UN says.
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Almost every day, Somalia's government comes under attack &#151; suicide bombings, roadside explosions, ambushes. Security forces have tried mass arrests and curfews, but to no avail.
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MINGORA, Pakistan  - Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing a tense northwestern town and outlying villages amid fears of a showdown between the security forces and an Islamist militant Taliban-style movement, residents said.
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The breakaway republic of Somaliland says it will retaliate if Somalia's new president poses a threat to its border.
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A Somali Islamist group threatened on Tuesday to fight any peacekeeping troops sent to their country as African leaders struggled to put together an international force for the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.
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Fighting resumed in the capital early Saturday between Islamic militia fighters and their secular rivals a day after hundreds of residents fled some of the fiercest battles in Mogadishu in 14 years.
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A new wave of violence is sweeping through Somalia. Find out why peace remains an elusive dream for the shattered country.
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More Sudanese refugees flee across the border into Chad following reports of renewed violence in the Darfur region.
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Libya has started expelling hundreds of Somalis that had tried and failed to reach Europe.
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Rival militias massed on the northern edge of Somalia&#039;s lawless capital Saturday, prompting hundreds to flee their homes amid fears that another surge of violence was imminent in this Horn of Africa country, witnesses said.
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Confidence in the transitional government is rapidly bleeding away as Somalia becomes a more violent place.
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Somali Islamists and pro-government soldiers fought in heavy clashes for a second day on Saturday, witnesses said, in the latest escalation of skirmishing many fear will erupt into all-out war.
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Somali government fighters and Ethiopian troops attack Islamist positions, an Islamist leader says.
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Fighting raged for a second day in the Somali capital on Sunday as Ethiopian troops clashed with Islamist-led rebels in the heaviest battles for weeks.
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Somalia's government orders a night-time curfew in the capital as it struggles to end a wave of violence.
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About 100 Ethiopian troops crossed the border into Somalia on Saturday, witnesses said, the latest sign that Ethiopia might try to bolster this country&#039;s weak interim government as an Islamic militia gains increasing power.
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At least 10 people are killed in the heaviest fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu this year.