Somali fighters capture key town

Somali fighters have captured a strategically important town near the capital, Mogadishu.

Witnesses said there were two hours of heavy fighting on Sunday before members of the al-Shabab group took Jowhar.

The clashes 90km north of Mogadishu come as human rights workers say at least 68 people have been killed in fighting in the capital during the past 48 hours.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow, reporting from neighbouring Djibouti, ... Full Story »