...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region..., the regional capital of Lower Jubba region.
The official whose name has not been identified lost his life in the internal fighting, which took place at Bulo-Gadud area, a former Al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
bastion.
It’s not yet clear what motivated the skirmish, but, Jubbaland said an investigation is underway.
Local residents say tension was brewing following the killing of the deputy commissioner of Bula-Gadud army commander under the Jubbaland state of Somalia.
The latest reports from Kismayo indicate that there are efforts ongoing to defuse the escalating tension, and bring back the normality to the remote village, which hosts hundreds of regional and KDF forces.