Tuesday, September 2, 2008

SOMALIA: Southern town tense after clashes


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NAIROBI, 2 September 2008 (IRIN) - Tension is high in the strategic town of Jowhar, 90km north of Mogadishu, two days after factions of opposition militia clashed in the area, locals told IRIN.
The weekend clashes pitted militias of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which support the Djibouti agreement with the Transitional Federal Government, against a faction of the opposition Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia. In June the TFG and a faction of the Eritrea-based alliance signed an agreement in Djibouti on the cessation of hostilities. more..http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/d4ec529b17828a84287c50981e409391.htm

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