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At least 15 people have been killed after shells were fired at the main market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say.At least 15 people have been killed after shells were fired at the main market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say.
Islamist insurgents fired mortars at the presidential palace from positions in the Bakara market, reports a BBC correspondent in the city.Islamist insurgents fired mortars at the presidential palace from positions in the Bakara market, reports a BBC correspondent in the city.
Government troops and their Ethiopian allies responded and a shell landed in a busy part of the market.Government troops and their Ethiopian allies responded and a shell landed in a busy part of the market.
Meanwhile, the UN has started to pull out its foreign staff from Baidoa. Meanwhile, a landmine has killed a UN driver in the southern port of Merca.
UN sources have told the BBC they are leaving the town, where Somalia's parliament is based, because of fears that the violence in Mogadishu could spread. An Italian and a Somali official who were also in the vehicle are being treated for their injuries, which are not life-threatening, a local doctor said.
Baidoa is one of the few parts of Somalia under government control, correspondents say. The attack comes as the UN has started to pull out its foreign staff from the town of Baidoa.
Ghost city wracked by war Video: In Somalia's danger zone Seventeen years of fighting in Somalia has left more than three million people - almost half the population - needing food aid, according to the World Food Programme. Ghost city wracked by war Video: In Somalia's danger zone UN sources have told the BBC they are leaving the town, where Somalia's parliament is based, because of fears that the violence in Mogadishu could spread.
Baidoa, a strategic town on the main road from Mogadishu to Ethiopia, is one of the few parts of Somalia under government control, correspondents say.
Seventeen years of fighting in Somalia has left more than three million people - almost half the population - needing food aid, according to the World Food Programme.
"The situation is appalling and it is worsening with this growing insecurity," WFO spokesman Peter Smerdon told the BBC."The situation is appalling and it is worsening with this growing insecurity," WFO spokesman Peter Smerdon told the BBC.
The latest deaths come after a coalition of 52 aid agencies issued a statement saying the international community had "completely failed Somali civilians".The latest deaths come after a coalition of 52 aid agencies issued a statement saying the international community had "completely failed Somali civilians".
The aid groups estimated that almost 40,000 people had been displaced from Mogadishu in the last few weeks, with 1.1 million uprooted in the last nine months.The aid groups estimated that almost 40,000 people had been displaced from Mogadishu in the last few weeks, with 1.1 million uprooted in the last nine months.
Human Right Watch said Somalia was the most ignored tragedy in the world today.Human Right Watch said Somalia was the most ignored tragedy in the world today.