Somaliland, Puntland clash over disputed turf again

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HARGEISA, April 9 (Reuters) - Forces from the breakaway Somali republic of Somaliland and neighbouring semi-autonomous Puntland clashed on Monday over a disputed strip of desert that has been the source of sporadic violence for years.

 

One person was killed and three others wounded during fighting between Somaliland and Puntland security forces along their shared border in the Sanag region.

 

"Puntland forces attacked the town of Dahar around 8:00 this morning," Somaliland Information Minister Ahmed Hagi Dahir said in a statement. "The attacking forces were supported by 17 technicals and 3 big trucks."

 

Technicals are pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons, the Somali version of a tank.

 

Both Somaliland and Puntland are in the north of the Horn of Africa nation and have enjoyed relative peace, while the south of the country has been mired in anarchy since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.

 

Somaliland, formerly the colony of British Somaliland, claims independence as a sovereign nation. Despite having held democratic elections and maintaining relative security, it has no international recognition.

 

Puntland remains part of greater Somalia, but generally administers its own affairs through its own military and government institutions.

 

The two have fought for years over the Sool and Sanag regions, part of which Puntland claim on an ethnic basis while Somaliland says they are part of its territory under the colonial border Britain left.

 

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Dagaal qaraar oo u dhaxeeya Ciidamada Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland iyo kuwa Maamul Gobleedka Punt-land ayaa ka qarxay Deegaanka Dahar ee Gobolka Sanaag.

 

Dagaalka ayaa bilowday akdib markii Wafdi ka socda Maamul Goboleedka Punt-land oo uu horkacayay Guddoomiyaha Baarlamanka Punt-alnd ay ku gar darroodeen Deegaanka Dahar, oo ay gacanta ku hayaan Ciidamada Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland.

 

Wararka ugu dambeeyay ee halkaasi naga soo gaaray ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan in ciidamo aad u xoog badan oo ka tirsan kuwa Somaliland, islamarkaana kasoo amba baxay magaalada Ceeri-Gaabo ee isla gobolka ay soo gaareen deegaanka Dahar oo uu dagaalka ka socdo.

 

Waxaa halkaasi iminka ku sugan Wafdi heer wasiir ah oo ka socda Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland, oo uu ka mid yahay Wasiirka Sports-ka ee Somaliland Maxamuud Saciid.

 

Dagaalka ayaa weli socda, waxaana wararka ay sheegayaan in laba gaari oo ah kuwa dagaalka oo ay wateen ciidamada Punt-land halkaasi laga gubay, ayada oo ku dhowaad 20 askari oo saarnaa gawaaridaasna ay noqdeen qaar dhintay iyo kuwa dhaawacmay.

 

Dhinaca Warar og ogaal ah oo aan kasoo xiganay Siyaasiyiin ka tirsan Beesha Dhul Bahante ee ah Beesha Degta labada gobo lee Somaliland iyo Puntland ay isku heystaan ee Sool iyo Sanaag, ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan in Beeshaasi ay go'aan satay inay ku biirto Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland.

 

Arrintan ayaa waxaa go'aamiyay aqoon yahannada iyo Siyaasiyiinta Beesha Dhul Bahante oo shirar iyo kulamo muddo socday ku qaatay dalka gudihiisa iyo dibeddiisa.