The armed group al-Shabab aim is to impose strict Islamic law across Somalia.
In the cities they already control, everything deemed un-Islamic has been quickly destroyed.
Zakaryya Abdelhady, a professor of Islamic thought and culture at Qatar University in Doha, discusses sharia and al-Shabab's actions with Al Jazeera.
Interview with Newton Kanhema of the Zimbabwe Independence Assistance Network talks about Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's U.S. visit.