Last updated: 25 may, 2009 - 15:56 GMT

Somalia

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Somalia's president accuses foreigners of fighting alongside Islamic insurgents trying to overthrow his government.

Holding a press conference in Mogadishu, the president sent an appeal to the Somali people and the international community to help his government in its fight against the Islamic militants opposing it.

For details, Peter Okwoche spoke to the BBC's Mohammad Olad Hassan in the capital Mogadishu.

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