Satellite map of southern Somalia. Click image to view. An unnamed senior Islamic Courts leader is captured in Kenya after Ras Kamboni is taken following five days of heavy fighting The al Qaeda and Islamic Courts base in Ras Kamboni, which sits on the southernmost tip of Somalia, has fallen to the joint Ethiopian and Somali assault force, according to Colonel Barre “Hirale” Aden Shire, the Somali Minister of Defense. After five days of heavy fighting, “Ethiopian forces and MiG fighter jets chased fleeing Islamic fighters into nearby forests and the fighting would continue,” reports Shabelle.