By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting in Somalia s Galmudug state between the Somali army and its former ally, the Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama a militia, has killed 120 people over the past three days, a senior ASWJ official said on Monday. Analysts and residents have expressed fears that the fighting is derailing the former allies from their common effort to defeat the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgency. At least 120 people died and 600 were injured from both sides, Hassan Yare from ASWJ told Reuters on Monday, adding his group intended to fight until their last man died. Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimu, a spokesman for the federal government and Ahmed Shire Falagle, Galmudug state s information minister did not respond to requests for comment. The clashes erupted on Saturday and continued until Monday in the central state s second-largest district of Guriceel. The United Nations said in a statement the fighting has displaced at least 100,000 people. ASWJ, a group of moderate Sufi Muslims
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting in Somalia's Galmudug state between the Somali army and its former ally, the Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a militia, has killed 120 people over the past three days, a senior ASWJ official said on Monday.
At least 30 people died and over 100 were injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) in the Somali state of Galmudug over the weekend, residents and hospital officials said.
At least 30 people died and over 100 were injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) in the Somali state of Galmudug over the weekend, residents and hospital officials said.