Militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack which the United Nations has called an "attack against the people".
A failed raid in Somalia and anger at the capture of an al-Qaeda leader in Libya has focused on the US’s problems in its fight against militants.
Two suicide bombers walked into a restaurant in central Mogadishu and killed at least 15 people on Thursday, police said.
Al-Shabab militants are advancing towards the port city of Kismayu, raising fears of a bloody clash with African Union soldiers.
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.
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/ 21 September 2010
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday.
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/ 17 September 2010
Somalia’s prime minister will face a new confidence vote in Parliament on Saturday as a power struggle comes to a head.
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/ 12 February 2010
Violence in Mogadishu killed at least 24 people on Wednesday, and thousands of Somalis fled the capital fearing a government offensive.
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/ 11 January 2010
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.