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Clashes force hundreds of Somalis to flee from Afmadow town
 [Shabelle] In the last few hours, Hundreds of Somalis have decamped from their homes Wednesday fearing armed festivities after Somali and Kenyan troops attacked holdout Islamist Al Shabaab jihad boy positions near the rebel-held Afmadow town locations in the south of the war-wracked country.Columns of 130 families with their young children headed by foot into the city ofDhoblaywhich locates the border betweenSomaliaandKenyafrom the outskirts of Afmadow town, as the coalition forces moved into positions they seized from the Al-Qaeda-linked rebels this months after heavy fighting. ... as opposed to the more usual desultory or sporadic fighting... "These fleeing people are reportedly located at an area in the center of Dhobalay town, in the southwestern Gedo region ofSomaliawith no proper shelters to assist them from the cold and the daily scorching sun rays" said a resident of Dhoblay. Many Afmadow residents had decamped to the border towns nearKenya, which hosts thousands of thousands of displaced people, in the wake of intense battles between the AU troops and the rebels in recent years. Afmadow located in lower Jubba region and it is just 620 kilometers away south ofSomalia's capital,Mogadishu. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-19 |
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