SOMALIA-UNREST-TROOPS

A governmental soldier stands guard during a meeting between Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and clan elders inside the Global hotel 31 December 2006 in Mogadishu while some pro-TFG (Somalian transition government) people show their support singing religious songs and yelling in favour of the Premier. Somali government forces backed by Ethiopian troops clashed Sunday with Islamist fighters as they advanced on the final Islamist stronghold of Kismayo in the south of the country. AFP PHOTO / PETER DELARUE