Peacekeepers killed in Somalia

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Four African Union peacekeepers were killed when a mortar hit Somalia’s presidential palace, officials say. Islamist insurgents continue to battle government forces in the east African nation which has been in a state of near-anarchy for almost 20 years now. The Washington Post’s Sudarsan Raghavan has been filing from Mogadishu over the weekend. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• Mortar Hits Somali Presidential Palace

Yemen, the new terrorism front

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Yemen has become a hotbed of radical Islamic militant activity. Many of Osama bin Laden’s former associates now live there. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Sudarsan Raghavan, Baghdad Bureau Chief for the Washington Post, who’s in Yemen and met bin Laden’s former personal bodyguard.

• Sudarsan Raghavan’s article in the Washington Post