In a lightning advance, Ethiopian troops have fought Somalia’s Islamist militias to within 50 miles of the Somali capital Mogadishu and declared they are preparing for a final attack on the city.

(adds WFP) By Andrew Cawthorne NAIROBI, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Three days of fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu displaced 88,000 people from their homes, adding to hundreds of thousands who fled ...