Somalia clashes

Violence escalates in Somalia as protests mount in support of the prime minister. Two boys were slain in the second day of demonstrations on extending the mandates of Somalia’s president and the parliament.

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June 21, 2011

A body lies outside a minibus after a roadside bomb blast that missed African Union peacekeepers and struck a civilian transport truck, killing four civilians, in southern Mogadishu, Somalia.

Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP

June 21, 2011

Residents remove the remains of a passenger from the scene of a roadside bomb attack that destroyed a public minibus in front of a military base run by Burundian peacekeepers from the African Union Mission to Somalia in Mogadishu. The blast injured 10 civilians and killed three others.

Feisal Oma / Reuters

June 10, 2011

Somali demonstrators burned the Hotel Madina in Hamarweyne district, during a protest in support of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, in the streets of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Two boys were shot dead in the capital Friday during a second day of protests against a deal to extend the mandates of the country's president and parliament, residents said.

Feisall Omar / Reuters

June 10, 2011

Somali demonstrators break through the entrance of Hotel Madina during protests in Hamarweyne district of the capital Mogadishu on Friday.

Feisal Omar / Reuters

June 10, 2011

Somali protesters smash a car believed to belong to a Somali member of Parliament in Mogadishu. Demonstrators took to the streets for the second day in support of current Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. A new accord extending the government's term by a year requires Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to resign in a month, but Mohamed is popular with many Somalis because he has managed to pay salaries for government workers and soldiers and attack corruption since he came to power in October last year.

Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP

June 10, 2011

A man helps a wounded civilian who was injured during a protest in Mogadishu, where protesters took to the streets for the second day in support of their prime minister.

Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP

June 10, 2011

Somali demonstrators participate in a street protest in support of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.

Feisal Omar / Reuters

June 10, 2011

A protester in Mogadishi shouts a slogan. Protesters took to the streets for the second day in support of the prime minister.

Mohamed Sheikh Nor / AP

A car burns outside the Hotel Madina during a protest in support of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Somalia's capital city on Friday.

Feisal Omar / Reuters

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