At least 10 children are dead and 20 others in critical condition due to an outbreak of diarrhea in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region, officials say. One of the elders of Mahaday district told Somalia's Shabelle Media Network Wednesday that most of the dead children were under the age of 15. Sheik Mohamud Sheik Ali says three of his own children have died from acute watery diarrhea that is spreading in the region due to a lack of available healthcare.

According to BBC Monitoring sources in Mogadishu, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) has returned the equipment removed by its forces from the studios of HornAfrik Radio in the capital, Mogadishu. The government also promised to return those belonging to Shabelle and Simba radios.

Forces loyal to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) raided and forced three prominent private radio stations in Mogadishu off the air on 2 March. The affected radio stations in this latest widespread crackdown on media include HornAfrik, Shabelle and Simba, local websites reported.

Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi resigned Monday amid accusations he failed to quell the country's Islamist insurgency.

The United Nations condemned the detention of the head of Somalia's World Food Program Wednesday as conflicts escalated in the region. Idris Mohamed Osman was taken by gunpoint as armed members of the Somali National Security Service stormed the U.N. compound in Mogadishu.