Muhyadin Ahmed Roble, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Hundreds of Somali displaced civilians have started to return to the port town of Kismayo, southern Somalia, a day after heavy fighting ensued between Islamist rivals. A resident of Kismayo town Omar Ali told Africa News by phone that "now Al-shabaab are controlling the city and its calm".
Hundreds of Somalis fled from their houses during Saturday’s fighting which left at least eight people dead while hospital officials said another 50 were injured in the fighting among Islamist rivals Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam.
Calm has returned to the city of Kismayo while Al-Shabaab Militias are patrolling the city, according to residents. Extremist group of Al-Shabaab captured the Kay town of Kismayo from its rival group of Hizbul Islam on Thursday after fighting killed at least nine people, mostly fighters in the city, a witness told Africa News.
The port town Kismayo is about 310 miles (500 kilometers) south of the capital of Mogadishu and the income it generates through taxes from shipping has attracted the fighters.
Somalia has not had an effective government since warlords overthrew Dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
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