Islamist fighters seize control of Baidoa , Somalia . `` We have nowhere to return to , '' Parliament Speaker Aden Mohamed Nur told fellow lawmakers there . Baidoa is headquarters of Somalia 's U.N.-backed government . The Islamists have been fighting for more than a year to oust the transitional federal government and establish an Islamic state in northern parts of the country.
Islamist fighters seize control of Baidoa , Somalia . Baidoa is headquarters of Somalia 's U.N.-backed government . The Islamists have been fighting for more than a year to oust the transitional federal government and establish an Islamic state in northern parts of the country.