12 killed in fresh Mogadishu fighting
(Clashes erupted between Somali Islamists and government troops Sunday while a bomb targeted a senior official, with at least 12 people killed in the violence, officials and witnesses said.
Rebels from the Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab movement attacked barracks housing local troops and African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, sparking a heavy exchange of machinegun and artillery fire that left seven civilians dead. (AFP)
