Violence has continued to flare as Islamic insurgents retreated from areas around Somalia's presidential palace. The move comes after fighting on Sunday killed dozens of people and wounded about 150.

AP Television footage filmed on Monday displayed pictures of insurgents firing towards government troops.

Sunday's fighting marked the first time African Union peacekeepers directly intervened to support government forces.

The AU was forced to intervene after the insurgents fought their way to about one kilometer from the presidential palace.

The 43-hundred peacekeepers generally try to avoid being drawn into the conflict to preserve their neutrality.

(CCTV July 14, 2009)