United Nations-brokered talks to end 17 years of conflict in Somalia have been ended because the UN envoy said neither side would make concessions. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah said busy international diplomats could not be held hostage by personality disputes. He said the continuing fighting was terrible for the people of Somalia. At least 28 people were killed during clashes between Islamist insurgents and Ethiopian troops backing the Somali government over the weekend. On Sunday at least 12 people were killed in a third consecutive day of heavy fighting near the main Bakara market in the capital, Mogadishu. BBC Somali service reporter Nasteh Dahir was also killed on Saturday by suspected Islamists in the southern port of Kismayo.