 (SomaliNet) An armed confrontation has renewed in the disputed Sool region
| "There is no Dana! Only Sool!" |
between troops of Somaliland and Puntland, reports say on Monday.
| This has been a long-simmering dispute between the two regions. From Google Earth it looks like a pile of rocks stuck in the middle of a desert. |
The rival forces exchanged heavy artillery weapons in Ari-Adeye village of Sool region. One person has been confirmed dead and another was wounded in the latest fighting but it is not yet clear whether the victims were civilians or soldiers.
Sources told Somalinet that the fighting came hours after local armed militiamen in Las-anod of Sool region supporting for Somaliland authority clashed with soldiers of Puntland, the semi-autonomous region in northeast Somalia, last night. No casualty was reported from the Las-anod skirmishes.
Puntland and Somaliland fought over the ownership of two regions, Sool and Sanaag, which are now under the control of Puntland state. The dispute over the regions still stands and not solved as rival soldiers of the two states filled at the frontline. |