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| Top Somali Islamist 'surrenders' | |
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| One of Somalia's Islamist leaders has given himself up to the Kenyan authorities, a Kenyan police source has told the BBC. | |
| Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, seen as a moderate, surrendered in the north-eastern Kenyan border town of Wajir, the policeman said. | |
| The US and the UN have urged the Somali government to seek reconciliation with moderate Islamists, such as Mr Ahmed. | |
| The Islamists were driven out of the capital, Mogadishu, last month. | |
| Ethiopian forces helped the government oust the Union of Islamic Courts, who had taken control of much of southern Somalia. | |
| But the government says some 3,500 Islamist fighters remain in Mogadishu. | |
| Peacekeeping progress | |
| At least two people were killed early on Monday morning in Mogadishu, after government and Ethiopian troops tried to arrest suspected Islamist militants. | |
| They raided houses in northern Mogadishu, where an Ethiopian convoy was attacked on Saturday, leaving four people dead. | They raided houses in northern Mogadishu, where an Ethiopian convoy was attacked on Saturday, leaving four people dead. |
| A BBC correspondent in the city says two suspected Islamists were arrested. | A BBC correspondent in the city says two suspected Islamists were arrested. |
| Ethiopian troops helped drive out the Islamists and establish the government in the city but now want to withdraw. | Ethiopian troops helped drive out the Islamists and establish the government in the city but now want to withdraw. |
| The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan says explosives had been used to blow the door off a house, where an Islamist suspect was believed to be hiding. | |
| During the raid, locals threw stones and fired at the government and Ethiopian troops | |
| Malawi has agreed to send contribute troops to a proposed African Union peacekeeping force to replace the Ethiopians. | |
| Defence Minister Davies Katsonga told the BBC that Malawi was considering whether to send a whole battalion or half a battalion. | |
| "This will depend on who else is contributing to the AU initiative," he said. |