Abdirahman Osman

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Life got easier for trader Siad Hussein when Somali Islamist militants pulled out the capital. He no longer pays a Jihad tax nor does he have to watch mortars kill his customers.

Somalia's embattled government offered an amnesty Tuesday to Islamist rebels still fighting in Mogadishu while the African Union force pressed for 3,000 more troops to secure the capital.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Insurgents in army uniforms stormed a hotel in Mogadishu frequented by Somali government officials on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people including members of parliament.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Insurgents in army uniforms stormed a hotel in Mogadishu frequented by Somali government officials on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people including members of parliament.