1. Somali minister held in Uganda
(News/Arab)

Uganda has confirmed that Somalia's state minister for defence is being detained at an undisclosed location in the capital.Earlier reports, citing relatives and government sources, said Sheikh Yusuf M

2. Somali minister killed in attack
(Archived/News/Arab)

Somalia's security minister has been killed in a suicide bombing at a hotel in Beledweyne, just north of the capital, Mogadishu, the country's information minister and witnesses have said.

3. Blast injures Somali minister
(Archived/News/Arab)

Somalia's interior minister has been wounded after a roadside bomb exploded next to his car in the capital Mogadishu, officials and witnesses say.

4. Somali cabinet ministers resign
(Archived/News/Arab)

Two-thirds of Somalia's cabinet ministers are said to have resigned, widening a rift between the president and prime minister of the UN-backed interim government.

5. Somali minister shot dead
(Archived/News/Arab)

A minister in Somalia's transitional national government has been shot dead in a new blow to the country's internationally recognised but virtually powerless administration.

6. Somali ministers resign
(Archived/News/Arab)

At least 18 members of Somalia's transitional government have resigned, accusing it of failing to forge peace with rival Islamist militias in the country.