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Hardline al-Shabaab rebels have destroyed a mosque and the grave of a revered Sufi Muslim sheikh in central Somalia.
Somalia's al-Shabaab insurgents have six more stolen United Nations vehicles primed as suicide bombs, the government said on Friday.
At least 18 people were killed in fighting on Monday in two central Somali towns where rebels battled a pro-government militia and each other.
Piracy off Somalia is forcing shipping companies to avoid the Suez Canal and send cargoes on a longer journey around Southern Africa.
After four years of conflict, Mogadishu bears the signs of a city slowly rising from the ruins of war, which killed about 20 000 people.
Al-Shabab militants are advancing towards the port city of Kismayu, raising fears of a bloody clash with African Union soldiers.
Hardline al-Shabaab rebels have destroyed a mosque and the grave of a revered Sufi Muslim sheikh in central Somalia.
Somalia's al-Shabaab insurgents have six more stolen United Nations vehicles primed as suicide bombs, the government said on Friday.
