Clashes in Mogadishu Kill Dozens

At least 25 people have reportedly been killed and dozens others wounded in fresh violence that rocked Somalia's capital in the last two days, Radio Garowe reports.

Somali forces getting backings from African Union troops clashed with anti-government fighters in northern districts of Mogadishu.

The people, mostly civilians were killed in mortar exchange at the Bakara Market, an insurgent stronghold in the capital in northern districts of Hodan, Wardhigley and Hawlwadag.

Ali Muse, an ambulance service official, said on Thursday that they have assisted over 60 wounded, adding that he death toll could be much higher.

Medics at Medina Hospital said 45 wounded were admitted in the health centre.

"Five of the 45 wounded civilians that the hospital has received died, the others are recuperating," said a doctor at Mogadishu's Medina Hospital.

Somalia's fragile UN-backed government controls just a few blocks in Mogadishu while rebels, who have vowed to topple the administration, control much of the country's southern and central regions.

Thousands of civilians have been killed and more than half of Mogadishu's civilian population displaced since the eruption of insurgency in 2007.