Somalia: Fighting breaks out on outskirts of Baidoa
It’s the latest episode in a political and security dispute between Somalia’s federal government and Laftagareen’s allies over control of South West State.
Fighting broke out in Baidoa early Thursday between Somali government forces and militia loyal to former South West State predisent Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen.
Late March, federal forces took control of Baidoa, after which Laftagareen stepped down.
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