Somalia: 15 dead in fresh clashes

  1. Posted on Tuesday 12 October 2010 - 10:14
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    Ismail Hassan Olad, AfricaNews reporter in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo: JJ Rawlings, new AU envoy to Somalia
    Heavy clashes between Somali government troops and Al-Shabab rebels have left at least 15 people dead and 17 others wounded in Mogadishu.
    Former Ghanaian leader was nominated envoy for Somalia.
    Twelve people mostly civilians lost their lives and 14 others suffered injuries in battles in which government troops backed by African Union peacekeepers gained control of Mogadishu's northern districts, which were previously controlled by al-Shabab fighters according to Press TV.

    Three al-Shabab fighters were killed and three others sustained serious injuries in an exchange of fire with Somali soldiers in the southern district of Daynile.

    Over the past two decades, up to one million people have lost their lives in the fighting between rival factions and due to famine and disease.

    There are more than 1.4 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in Somalia. More than 300,000 IDPs are sheltering in Mogadishu alone.

    Most of the displaced live in poor and degrading conditions on makeshift sites in southern and central Somalia, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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