The Daily Star "MOGADISHU: Suspected Islamist insurgents killed a top Somali police officer in Mogadishu, a police spokesman said Tuesday. Armed men shot dead General Abdi Kahiye Farah - the head of Mogadishu's police academy - late Monday in a district south of the capital as he headed home. 'He was a great hero we lost,' police spokesman Abdullahi Omar Ibrahim told reporters."
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.