Deadly clashes have erupted in the north of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, where government troops are hoping to recover ground recently taken by Islamist insurgents.
Two blasts on a crowded market of Mogadishu have killed at least six people and wounded 50 others, according to officials. The attacks took place near a mosque where a radical Muslim group used to gather.
At least six civilians were killed in Mogadishu as Somalia's insurgents rejected a government call for a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Islamist rebels vowed to step up their attacks against President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's forces.
Pro-government militiamen and al Shabaab insurgents have launched separate offensives in southern and central Somalia, witnesses say, as the bloodshed intensifies across the war-ridden country.
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Witnesses say 13 people, including Mogadishu's top police commander, were killed in clashes between the Somali government and insurgents in Mogadishu. The six-week-old power struggle has already killed more than 250.
The Somali capital, Mogadishu, has turned into a battle zone between Islamist insurgents and Somali troops, with African Union and AMISOM peacekeeping troops caught in the crossfire. FRANCE 24 followed one of their convoys.
Fierce fighting broke out in a previously quiet part of the Somali capital forcing hundreds to flee. Earlier clashes between Islamic insurgents and government forces in Mogadishu killed at least 38, a local rights group said on Monday.
