With Rainfall, Mogadishu is Calm After Deadly Fighting

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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

19 May 2011

Mogadishu — Precarious calm has returned to Mogadishu, the capital of war torn Horn of Africa nation after heavy clashes.

Health officials confirmed that Wednesday fighting claimed the lives of more than 15 people and hurt nearly 80 others after Al shabaab, which the United States alleges to be al Qaeda’s proxy in Somalia, and government force backed AMISOM troops clashed in parts of the capital.

Most of the casualties caused by the artillery bombardments two warring sides had been exchanging in the duration of the confrontations.

Separately, spring rains, which started in many regions in southern and central Somalia, are raining down in Mogadishu’s all 16 districts.

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With Rainfall, Mogadishu is Calm After Deadly Fighting