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| Africa Horn |
| Somalia fighting kills at least 4 soldiers |
| 2012-06-06 |
| (Sh. M. Network)-An official in Somalia government says at least four soldiers were killed and many others injured after TFG soldiers have exchanged gun fire in Afgoye district, 30 Kilometers north-west Mogadishu. Abdullah Ahmed, the district commissioner of Afgoye district, told news hounds on Tuesday that the combat began around 10:30 pm local time on Monday night with both sides used both heavy and slight weapons during the festivities, but subsided hours later. "So far at least four soldiers have been killed and more than that number were also maimed in the fighting. We are launching an investigation about the grounds of the combat," the commissioner added. He stated that the security situation if Afgoye district is getting out of hand in the past few days. Afgoye district, a former Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al shabab stronghold lies30 Kilometers north-west Mogadishu was captured last week by Somali and 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... forces after secured a critical humanitarian aid corridor between Mogadishu and the town of Afgoye like Elasha-Biyaha and Lafole areas. Afgoye corridor is home to approximately 400,000 internally displaced people (IDPs), who have escaped fighting in the southern portion of the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |