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Hundreds flee to Somali capital to escape fresh fighting
(Sh.M.Network)- Hundreds of families on Thursday, have began fleeing from locations along Afgoye corridor, to Mogadishu to escape fresh offensives against Al shabab held positions in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia, reports said.On Tuesday, May 23, 2012. African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... and Somali government troops stepped up their assault on Al-Shabaab  ... Harakat ash-Shabaab al-Mujahidin aka the Mujahideen Youth Movement. It was originally the youth movement of the Islamic Courts, now pretty much all of what's left of it. They are aligned with al-Qaeda but operate more like the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban... Death Eaters in the capital's northern outskirts, forcing hundreds of families to flee their makeshift homes and head for the city centre. The displacing families from the outskirts of Mogadishu took any means of transport available, including donkey carts and open trucks, to escape the fighting between Somali government troops backed by AMISIOM peacekeepers and Al shabab. Some families on foot and carrying children on their backs, headed to the other towns in Lower Shabelle region controlled by Al shabab fighters. The exodus was the heaviest since Al shabab withdrew from their fixed based in Mogadishu last year. This displacement came as Somali and AMISOM military officials asked local people living areas between Mogadishu and Afgoye town,not to flee and stay at their current homes. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-25 |
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