Govt troops enter Somalia's capital

Somali government troops rolled into Mogadishu unopposed today, the prime minister said, hours after an Islamic movement that tried to establish a government based on the Koran abandoned the capital and promised to make a stand in southern Somalia.

“We are in Mogadishu,” Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi said after meeting with clan leaders to discuss the hand over of the city. “We are co-ordinating our forces to take control of Mogadishu.”