PressTV — Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed urges the international community to assist its government in dealing with the recent insurgency.

President Sheikh Ahmed claimed the military insurgents had received help from outside accusing Iraqi and Afghan fighters of taking part in the recent conflict.

“I would like to tell the Somali people and the world that Somalia needs protection from a foreign invasion threat,” the President told reporters on Monday.

His statement follows the refusal of the African Union to send more troops into Somalia.

Fresh fighting broke out between government and anti-government forces over the control of Mogadishu two weeks ago, leaving 180 people dead and more than 60, 000 homeless to date, a Press TV correspondent reported.

The militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the recent spate of car bombings which killed at least 10 people including seven government forces.

Opposition leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys heads another strong anti-government group called Hizb al-Islam. He recently returned to Mogadishu from a self-imposed exile in Kenya.

Somali militants’ confirmed having foreign fighters within their ranks.

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