Explosions and gunfire in the Somali capital killed 13 people and wounded nine others over the weekend, the latest upsurge of violence in a city already wracked by near-daily explosions, police and witnesses said.

Somalia's Islamic radicals closed down a second radio station today, just days after introducing strict new laws for the media in the war ravaged country.

Ten people were arrested in Somaliland by police hunting the killers of a British headmaster and his wife, according to reports today.

At least 11 people have been killed and scores more injured in a gunbattle between two factions of a powerful militia in Somalia.