Supporters of Somalia`s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and those opposed to the extension of his four-year term clashed on Sunday on the streets of the capital, residents said.

Somali president's backers in gun clash with opponents, residents say

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has picked political newcomer Mohamed Hussein Roble as prime minister, his office said on Friday, cementing power around the presidency ahead of elections due next year.

Somali president names newcomer Roble premier as elections loom

Ethiopia said on Saturday it had arrested an unspecified number of Islamist militant members of the Somali group al Shabaab and Islamic State who were planning to carry out attacks in the country on various targets including hotels.

Ethiopia arrests suspected Islamist militants

State minister Buri Hamza died when his hotel room collapsed on Saturday because of a powerful car bomb used by extremists

Somali minister among 15 killed in extremist attack on hotel