Attacks in Somalia

A string of attacks killed at least 13 people around southern Somalia, where government troops and their Ethiopian allies are battling Islamist insurgents, witnesses and officials said. The area has seen little peace since December, when the Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's fragile government drove out a radical Islamic group that had seized control. They, in turn, vowed to wage an Iraq style guerrilla war until the country becomes an Islamic state.

Car Bomber in Somalia

There was a roadblock at the home of Somali prime minister on sunday. However, a suicide car bomber drove through it and rammed the vehicle into a wall. They were able get the prime minister to safety but at least five people were killed in the explosion. This was the third assination attempt since he returned to somalia in May 2005. A top government official blamed the assasination attempt on "terrorists linked to al-Qaida."