A joint force of African Union peacekeepers and Somali government troops say they're gaining ground on Al Shabab rebels.
And that is taking place in the strategic Lower Shabelle region.
Fighting's intensified in the region as Al Shabaab pulls back from key towns close to the capital Mogadishu.
Dorsa Jabbari reports.
A second day of discussions on Iran's nuclear programme has wrapped up in Baghdad, and EU foreign pollicy chief Catherine Ashton has announced they will meet again in a few weeks time for further talks.
The euro has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in almost two years, following Wednesday's late night meeting in Brussels.
The talks in Belgium were meant to come up with an agreement on how to tackle the eurozone crisis.
But no deal has been reached, as Andrew Simmons reports.
Syria's new parliament held its first session to elect its speaker amid continuing violence across the country on Thursday.
International observers and opposition groups have called the elections on May 7th that formed the newly elected parliament a sham.
Al Jazeera's Rosalind Jordan reports.
Mark Sullivan, the head of the US Secret Service, has appeared in congress to apologise for the behavior of some of his staff.
While on assignment to protect US President Barack Obama in Colombia last month, some agents brought prostitutes to their hotel.
And as Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett reports, US politicians don't seem quite ready to forgive.
The curtain is about to rise on South Africa's first publicly funded theatre since the end of apartheid.
It's been built in the township of Soweto, where many residents played an important part in bringing an end to racial segregation.
Al Jazeera Tania Page reports.
At least 400,000 people are affected by increasingly common land disputes in Cambodia.
Now the government has decided to crack down on protests against land grabs by arresting anyone who is caught organising a protest.
Already more than a dozen people have been charged.
Al Jazeera's Stephanie Scawen reports from the capital, Phnom Penh.
Yemen has long suffered from political turmoil, violence and unrest but now major aid groups are warning that thousands could die in a catastrophic food crisis. Is enough being done to help troubled Yemen? James Bays discusses with guests: Penny Lawerence, Abdel Aziz Abu Hamad Aluwaisheg & Ameen Al-Hemyari.
In just a few hours time, polls open again in Egypt for a second day of voting in the country's first free presidential elections.
Fifty million Egyptians are eligible to cast their ballots and so many turned out on the first day polling hours were extended.
Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reports from Cairo.
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