Somali president: Government on verge of collapse

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP): The Somali government is close to collapse because disputes within its ranks have allowed armed Islamic insurgents to take control of much of the country, the president said.President Abdullahi Yusuf's remarks to about 100 Somali lawmakers in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, late Saturday represent the first admission by any official that the government is losing control.Hours earlier, a radical Islamic group seized another Somali port town, consolidating its control over a southwestern region that borders the Somali capital.more..
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/16/apworld/20081116191200&sec=apworld

Somalia now in the grip of Islamists

Speaking from the Kenyan capital Nairobi, Somalian President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has announced Islamist fighters now control almost all of Somalia. The Kenyan capital is where both Mr Ahmed and the Somali parliament now reside.Mr Yusuf says the Islamists have reached the suburbs of both the Somali capital Mogadishu and the normal seat of the country's parliament, Baidoa. Mogadishu and Baidoa are the only Somali cities still in government hands.Mr Yusuf's announcement comes a day after the news that the talks intended to lead to a new Somali government had failed. The parties involved cannot agree about the members of a new cabinet.
Somali govt says weakened by Islamist onslaught
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AF0RS20081116?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

KENYA SOMALIA BORDER A "NIGHTMARE" TO GOVERNMENT
http://kenyasomali.blogspot.com/2008/11/kenya-somalia-border-nightmare-to.html

Rival Islamists clash near Somali capital killing 6

http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/11/17/africa/OUKWD-UK-SOMALIA-CONFLICT.php