Several mortars hit near an airport in the southern Somali city of Kismayo on Thursday where Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud was visiting, said presidential spokesman Abdirahman Osman.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to support a temporary boost to national and international forces aiming to maintain basic security in Somalia.
Somali government on Monday urged regional cooperation to counter growing threat from terrorist groups following on going deadly attack on shopping mall in the Kenya capital, Nairobi.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday recognized the government of Somalia, a move unseen since 1991.
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