9.10.06

Travão à ofensiva islamita na Somália?

Somali government forces backed by Ethiopian troops captured a town held by pro-Islamist fighters on Monday in the first setback to months of Islamist expansion.

Both sides confirmed the takeover of Buur Hakaba, the first military counter-strike by President Abdullahi Yusuf's interim government since the Islamists took Mogadishu in June and went on to seize much of Horn of Africa country's south.