Somali Capital Empties as Residents Flee Renewed Violence

Reporters in the Somali capital say streets are empty in some of the most dangerous areas. The sprawling Bakara market in the southern part of the city was reported closed for a second day.

Tens of thousands of people fled during the past few days to avoid what one witness told VOA was some of the worst violence in Mogadishu in months.

Children die in Somalia violence

MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) — Neighborhoods in the Somali capital were deserted on Sunday, a day after 17 civilians were brutally killed in the wake of intense fighting between Ethiopian-backed Somali troops and Islamic insurgents, according to witnesses and journalists in Mogadishu.

Somalia Opp. Slams Jeddah Accord

MOGADISHU, Nov 11–An official in charge of planning for Somalia Liberation Coalition has blasted the country’s struggling parties for sealing a reconciliation accord in the Saudi city of Jeddah on the initiative of Saudi King Abdullah.

Speaking to Alalam, Mahmoud Ahmad Nour said participants in the Jeddah meeting did not represent Somali people and were chosen by the caretaker government “therefore the agreement lacks any validity”.