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Somali government troops battle forces loyal to sacked police boss
Somalia, riven by civil war since 1991, is trying to rebuild with international help.
Gunshots rang out late on Friday in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.
The attack occurred when government troops approached the home of the city’s former police commander, who was sacked for opposing a move by the president to extend his term.
The stand-off reveals splits within Somalia’s security services that threaten to see forces turn on each other, creating an opportunity for the al Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab insurgency to exploit.
“Somalia’s long-running political crisis has entered a new, dangerous phase,’’ said the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think-tank, in a briefing note on Saturday.
MOGADISHU Gunshots rang out late on Friday in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses said, when government troops approached the home of the city’s former…
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