Tension mounts as PM returns

For the first time since his appointment, Somalia's new UN technocrat as premier returned to Mogadishu on Thursday. He called for an end to fighting that has killed over 80 people this week. Gunshots were heard in the capital as Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke landed in the capital. He said he is happy to return.
I am very happy to return after a decade. This is my motherland. Our main priority is providing better security," he told reporters at the city's heavily guarded airport according to the Reuters news agency. He added: "I am asking Somalis to avoid shedding any more blood."This week's fierce artillery and machine gun battles pitted Islamist insurgents, including the hardline al Shabaab group, against government forces and a small African Union peacekeeping mission of troops from Uganda and Burundi...more..http://www.africanews.com/site/Somalia_Tension_mounts_as_PM_returns/list_messages/23427