Suicide Bomber Kills 7 in Somali Capital of Mogadishu

The surge in violence between pro-government forces and Islamist militants for control of the Somali capital Mogadishu continued on Sunday as a suicide bomber drove a pick-up truck loaded with explosives to the front gates of a military base and detonated the bomb, killing six government guards and a civilian.

Islamist militants have been trying to wrestle control of Mogadishu from the Western-backed government but on Friday they had many of their strongholds attacked by government forces in response to several attacks launched by the insurgents.

A force of 4,300 peacekeeper troops has been installed by the African Union yet they have not been involved in the fighting. The AU has condemned the Islamist insurgents in Mogadishu but they have not authorized any use of force from their troops, saying they are only there to protect the administration.

The African Union has requested the UN Security Council impose sanctions against Eritrea, an AU member, alleging that the government has been supporting the Islamist militants in Somalia. Eritrea has denied those claims and accused American intelligence for those accusations.

Click here for more World News

About YourFINDit

YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. YourFINDit provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in depth profile within YourFindit. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside the YourFINDit community. YourFindit provides ADit to each member providing them the opportunity to have an exclusive profile (no outside advertising) displaying only banner ads they upload to their pages. Members can run their own ads or give or sell their ad space to advertisers at prices the member sets.

To create your profile sign up and within minutes you too can have your People profile running your ads and building your network with new members daily.

YourFindit is owned and operated by TransWorldNews, Inc. a news and press release distribution service.