Mohamed Abullahi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mohamed-abullahi/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 17 May 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mohamed Abullahi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mohamed-abullahi/ 32 32 Dozens dies in Horn of Africa fighting https://jjcornish.com/2018/05/dozens-dies-in-horn-of-africa-fighting/ Thu, 17 May 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/05/dozens-dies-in-horn-of-africa-fighting/ Dozens have died in fighting this week between troops of  breakaway Somaliland and semi-autonomous Puntland in the Horn of Africa. Somaliland President Mohammed Abdullahi has called on elders and civil society from both sides to mediate. Things are quieter today as both sides shelter from the rain and bury their dead. Somaliland and Puntland have […]

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]]> Dozens have died in fighting this week between troops of  breakaway Somaliland and semi-autonomous Puntland in the Horn of Africa.

Somaliland President Mohammed Abdullahi has called on elders and civil society from both sides to mediate.

Things are quieter today as both sides shelter from the rain and bury their dead.

Somaliland and Puntland have been at odds for  decade over the border region of Sool .

Even the inhabitants in the area are divided about where their allegiance lies.

Last week Somaliland troops took the village of Tuka Raq near the Puntland capital Garowe.

In the ensuing fighting three Somaliland soldiers have died and Puntland report losing 18.

More than five dozen have been wounded on both sides

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