(SomaliNet) The Somali parliament has finally approved of peacekeepers into the country after the Islamic courts took control of Mogadisho two weeks ago. The decision was made yesterday inorder to supress the anarchy that has gripped the country for the past years. Somalia has been struggling with poverty,disease and the lack of a stable government since 1991 when president Siad Barre was over thrown leaving the country to warlords. The war between the warlords and the Islamic courts has ruined the country and left it to the dogs. The death toll has risen to more than 350 people mostly civilians,forcing the Islamists to capture the town and promise to stabalise it.
The warlords extended their threshold to the southern part of Somalia, Jowhar, on Wednesday. The decision to invite foreign troops into the country by the Somali government has been strongly opposed by the Islamic courts union and they threatened to close talks with the government should it bring peacekeepers into the country. Analysts have oberved that this decision may make Somalia's situation worse. Several troops will be deployed into Somalia from different contries such as Ethiopia and other bordering nations.
| I thought the turbans took Jowhar yesterday? Did the warlords take it back? |