At least 9 die in Somalia clashes, group says (CNN)

At least nine people have been killed and 14 others wounded in heavy shelling in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, according to a human rights group.

New Somalia government offensive against Al Shabab (The Christian Science Monitor)

The weak, transitional Somalia government may finally bring President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed some badly needed legitimacy if newly trained forces can push back the militant Islamist group, Al Shabab.

Top Islamist rebel killed in Somalia, report says (MalaysiaNews.net)

Commander of Islamist militant group al-Shabaab reportedly killed Guards kill Amar Ibrahim in apparent vengeance, Somalia state radio says Al-Shabaab is a militant group linked to al Qaeda

SOMALIA: Bomb survivors tend to IDPs (AlertNet)

Source: IRIN A bomb explosion was the last thing Abdiqani Sheikh Omar, 26, expected on his graduation day, after six years of studying medicine at Somalia's Benadir University in the capital, Mogadishu.

Witnesses say Ethiopian troops back in Somalia (Press TV)

Heavily-armed Ethiopian vehicles have reportedly crossed into south central Somalia, seizing the family of a man with Al-Shabab links.

New Somalia government offensive against Al Shabab (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

A long-awaited offensive by the weak, transitional Somali government may finally bring President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed some badly needed legitimacy, but it is almost certainly going to increase the hardship of tens of thousands of civilians who are being forced from their homes.

Somalia : Ethiopian Officials Meet With TFG Officials in Bakol Region (AllAfrica.com)

It is unclear what exactly have been discussed in the meeting of the officials by both sides of the Ethiopian and Somali government officials who were there though reports from the locals say that the two sides had talked more on the security of Bay and Bakol regions in southern Somalia and also how the troops would continue to their duties that they had been trained in the Somali region under ...

Somalia to Close Three Embassies in Europe (The Epoch Times)

Somalia will close three out of its five embassies in Europe, citing funding difficulties.

Shelling kills at least 9 in Somalia: group (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

An exchange of mortar shells between Somali government forces and rebels killed at least nine civilians and injured 14 others, a human rights group said on Monday.

Shelling kills at least 9 in Somalia - group  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

An exchange of mortar shells between Somali government forces and Islamist insurgents killed at least nine civilians and injured 14 others, a human rights group said Monday.