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Somalia's ex-leader Abdullahi Yusuf dies in exile

The first president of Somalia's interim government, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, has died, aged 77.

The ex-warlord was chosen as president by a parliament set up in 2004 after years of peace talks in Kenya.

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