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As Britain prepares to open a new embassy in the Somali capital of Mogadishu , AFPTV takes a look at the UK's former embassy which is now home to hundreds of people Related articles With 18 killed this year, 'lawless' Somalia is the deadliest post for media workers Somalia property boom forces refugees onto street

Mogadishu's only hospital has been pushed to breaking point after months of bombings and street battles have left thousands wounded in the Somali capital. Al Jazeera's Jamal el-Shayyal reports on the difficult work undertaken by Mogadishu's doctors.

The Ethiopian Review The situation in Somalia has turned Code Red. Things are deteriorating very fast for Zenawi’s troops. The Al-Shabaab “jihadists” have taken over southern Somalia, and are ravenously eyeing Mogadishu. It is no longer “hit-and-run” guerrilla warfare. It is capture-and-stay. They have captured Kisimayo, a southern port town. They are staying. They are being “flooded with money” from supporters and backers throughout the Middle East.

Ethiopian Review NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — After nearly 20 years of violent chaos, Islamic extremism and failed peace talks, impoverished Somalia might seem to have hit rock-bottom. But things are getting worse. The crisis is exceeding even the direst scenarios laid out nearly two years ago, when troops from neighboring Ethiopia arrived to oust a radical Islamic militia and support the Western-backed government.

First they took Kismayo, a key port city, now they're making headway across southern Somalia. Opposition armed groups, including al-Shabab fighters and remnants of the Islamic Courts Union, are seizing control of the small southern town of Dhobley, near the Kenyan border. There's been a major comeback by Islamic groups in recent months and few in Somalia are complaining.