A roadside bomb in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has killed 11 civilians and wounded many others, a government official said.

Asked if he wants to perform in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Ali pounds the table and says: "Yeah."

A Muslim, the student repeatedly sent money home to Mogadishu, the Somali capital well known for its feuding warlords and terrorists.

But in the confusion of the Somali capital, his chronicle cannot be confirmed.

He stated that the government's power is on the verge of being defeated by Islamist forces in the Somali capital.

The flag carrier offers two flights a week from the Somali capital to Istanbul, as of March 2012.

The appeal came during a week when heavy fighting with mortars and grenades raged for several days around the airport in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

Rapid gunfire, accompanied by frequent booms of rocket-propelled grenades, echoed across the Somali capital.

The spokesman tonight said: "United Nations forces today continued their action to identify and destroy heavy weapons caches in the Somali capital.

The official said 139 people had been killed and 729 wounded in fighting in the Somali capital since Wednesday.