The country is gearing up for its elections amid allegations of corruption and intimidation.
Somalia’s acting Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, was given the job full time on Thursday by President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed asked for more international help on Friday to battle hardline insurgents.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to meet the president of Somalia’s transitional government during a seven-nation trip to Africa next week.
Hardline Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia told international aid agencies on Tuesday to hand out all the food in their warehouses, or leave.
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed arrived on Saturday in Mogadishu to hold consultations aimed at forming a broad coalition government.
The deputy mayor of Somali capital Mogadishu has accused AU peacekeepers of opening fire on commuter buses, killing more than 20 civilians.
Troops have crossed the border back into Somalia, only days after Ethiopia completed a military pullout from its neighbour, witnesses said on Tuesday.
Somalia’s moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed won the presidency on Saturday and vowed to end conflict in the Horn of Africa nation.
