Thursday, August 21, 2008

Scores killed in Somali clashes

At least 50 people have reportedly been killed in clashes in the Somali capital Mogadishu and the port of Kismayo. Some 30 people have been killed in two days of fierce fighting between Islamists and a clan militia in Kismayo, a BBC reporter says.
Some mortars landed near the compound of President Abdullahi Yusuf, who is currently out of the country. Another landed near a mosque in the busy Bakara market, killing at least six people, a witness told the BBC. At least 3,000 people are reported to have fled the fighting around Kismayo. more.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7575207.stm

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