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Somli Islamist groups clashed over control of Kismayo

Source: Sudan Tribune
Addis Ababa : Ethiopia | about 1 month ago  
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Two allied Islamist rebel groups clashed this week over the control of Kismayo, 300 klm south of Mogadishu. Al-Shebab and Hizb Al-Islam fighters seized the southern Somalia port last August, the two rebel groups had agreed to share power in Kismayo, each governs for six months alternatively.
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