Islamist group captured two towns in Somalia.
Somalia has been without an effective central government for 17 years.
Major part of south and centre of Somalia is controlled by various Islamist factions opposed to the Western-backed transitional government and to its Ethiopian military allies.
The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca, vowed on Saturday to seize towns controlled by al Shabaab after retaking Gurael, a trading town north of the capital Mogadishu.
A moderate Islamist group captured two towns in central Somalia on Sunday.
The President Abdullahi Yusuf is widely expected to announce his resignation on Monday.
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