Breaking news: Intensive fightings in Kismayo

[Cambuulo iyo bun]

Kismaayo(RBC Radio) Dagaal toos ah ayaa saaka mar kale ka bilowday xaafado ka tirsan magaalada Kismaayo ee xatunta gobolka Jubada hoose wararka u daneeyey ee xiligan naga soo gaara ayaa tilmaamay in dagaalku uu xiligan si toos ah uga socdo xaafada Guulwade iyo Dalcadda ee magaalada Kismaayo.

Dhinacyada dagaalamaya ayaa isku adeegsanaya hubka culus ee madaafiicdu ku jirto waxaana lasoo sheegayaa in meelo kamid ah magaalada ay ku dheceen madaafiic habow ah,wali ma cadda khasaaraha dhabta ah ee ka dhashay dagaalka oo bilowday daqiiqado ka hor.

Dagaalka ayaa u dhexeeya dhinacyadii shalay dagaalamay ee Iftiin Axmed Baatso oo sheegtay inuu yahay madaxweynaha maamulka Jubaland iyo ciidamada maamulka Axmed Madoobe ee Jubaland,ma jirto cid waan-waan ka dhex wadda dhinacyada ku dagaalamaya magaalada Kismaayo,ciidamada Kenya ee qaybta ka ah hawlgalka nabad ilaalinta midowga Afrika ee ku sugan magaalada ayaa lasoo sheegayaa iney ku sugan yihiin difaacyada ay ku leeyihiin magaalada.

Wixii war ah ee kusoo kordha dagaalka Kismaayo iyo Khasaaraha ka dhasha dagaala iminka ka soconaya magaaladaas kala soco warbaahinta Raxanreeb.

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Dagaal xoog leh ayaa mar kale goor dhow dib uga qarxay magaalada Kismaayo, iyadoo Ciidamada Raaskambooni ay qaadeen weerarka, waxaana dagaalka uu yahay mid la isku adeegsanadyo hubka noocyadiisa kala duwan oo ay ku jiraan madaafiicda.

 

Dagaalka ayaa ka socda Via Afmadow ee Xaafada Calanley, waxaana uu ka culus yahay dagaalkii shalay, iyadoo ciidamo fara badan oo dhinacyada dagaalamaya ay saakay oo dhan abaabulo xoog leh magaalada ka wadeen.

 

Wararka ayaa sheegaya in magaalada oo markii hore ay kala qeybsaneyd haatan u muuqata mid dhinacyada dagaalamaya ay doonayaan inay meesha ka saaraan dhinaca kale, waxaana adag in la ogaado qasaaraha rasmiga ee uu dagaalka socda geysanayo.

 

Maleeshiyaadka dagaalamaya ayaa daaraha dhaa-dheer ee magaalada saartay qoryaha daran dooriga u dhaca, waxaana taasi keentay in xiisada ay sii xoojisay.

 

Dadaalo saaka magaalada ka socda oo la doonayay in dhinacyada dagaalamaya lagu kala qaado ayaa fashilmay, iyadoo Ciidamada AMISOM oo markii hore soo fara geliyay dagaalka la sheegay in ciidamadooda ka saareen bartamaha magaalada.

 

Warar qaar ayaa sheegaya in dhinacyada ka soo horjeeda Axmed Madoobe ee ku dhawaaqay inay Madaxweynayaal yihiin ay dagaalka ku mideysan yihiin.

 

Goor sii horeysay ayaa war ka soo baxay Afhayeenka Maamulka KMG C/naasir Seeraar uu ku sheegay in maanta soo gaba gabeynayaan dagaalka, ayna meel saarayaan dhinacyada ka soo horjeeda.

 

Saakay ayaa ciidamo iyo gaadiid dagaal taageersan Axmed Madoobe oo ka yimid dhinaca deegaanka Taabto lagu rasaaseeyay duleedka magaalada, inkastoo ciidamadaas aanay wax qasaare ah soo gaarin, waana tan keentay in xiisada ay sii kacdo.

 

La soco wixii ku soo kordha.

[Abtigiis]

Again, this is not correct.

 

Dagaal xoog leh somalidu waxay u taqaan markay dhacdo xabad in ka badan 5 daqiiqo!

 

President Hassan Basto is not accounted for after Ras Kambooni surrounded and disarmed his clansmen.

[Cambuulo iyo bun]

Ugaas abtigiis warka ii sii whats the latest news

[Abtigiis]

Seeraar, Ahmed Madoobe's spokesman, have also redefined the context of the current tussle as one between Alshabab and anti-Alshabab, alleging that Alshabab is trying to exploit the situation by supporting those who are opposing Jubbaland. Can be just an accusation, can be true too. What is clear for now is that President Baasto, President Hiiraale and the rest are no match for Madoobe's forces.

 

Part of the Ras Kaambooni group who attacked Baasto's men also include Awro-male contingent who are with Ahmed Madoobe; so it is not clan x against clan y yet, according to my sources.

 

Ilaahay haka qaboojiyo.

[Dr_Osman]

Future puntland cabinet

 

The back emblem will be the puntland state emblem with the horses, The two flags will be Somalia and Puntland on both sides of Farole with an extraordinary cabinet session listening on. I have so much hope so much

[Dabrow]

To avoid further escalation the different sides should head the Pm suggestion about a reconciliation meeting. This infighting between various warlords will only strengthen alshabab in the region.

[N.O.R.F]

^think they care? Warlords can't be diplomatic.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

I wonder what xiinfaniin will say its just the Jubbaland troops cleaning the dirt lol.

[burahadeer]

Kenyan forces took control of the city,where will that lead, anyone's guess!!

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Burahadeer maybe its good that the kenyans take control no more clanish bloodshed.

With out proper reconciliation no effective state can ever be built there

[burahadeer]

XX that's the way its going & in the end be under Mogadishu.Kenyans have no otha choice.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Somali militias fighting in disputed port city kills five

 

ReutersBy Abdi Sheikh | Reuters – 1 hour 56 minutes ago

 

Somalia's Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, leader of the Ras Kamboni, a pro Mogadishu militia which has fought alongside the Kenyan Defence Forces in southern Somalia, is seen with his troops at the main seaport of Somalia's port city of Kismayu, October 5, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Richard LoughView Photo

 

Somalia's Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, leader of the Ras Kamboni, a pro Mogadishu militia …

 

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Gunbattles between militia groups in the southern Somalia's Kismayu erupted for a second day on Saturday, residents said, in the heaviest fighting the disputed port city has seen in more than four years.

 

The fighting, the first since several former warlords staked rival claims on the lucrative port and fertile hinterlands in May, has stoked fears among locals of a return to the clan wars that tipped the country into anarchy two decades ago.

 

One resident counted five dead militiamen on Friday. It was not clear if there were casualties from Saturday's fighting.

 

"From my rooftop I can see dozens of men with Ak-47s and their technicals exchanging fire in the streets," shopkeeper Farah Nur said, referring to the machine gun-mounted pick-up trucks commonly used in Somalia.

 

Businesses stayed shut and the streets of Somalia's second biggest city were empty of civilians as mortar blasts rang out.

 

Kismayu was controlled by Islamist al Shabaab until last September when they fled an offensive by Kenyan peacekeeping troops supported by a militia group loyal to a former governor of Kismayu, Ahmed Madobe.

 

A local assembly last month declared Madobe president of the southern Jubaland region, handing him back control of Kismayu.

 

But Somalia's central government in the capital of Mogadishu, which does not view Madobe favourably, said the process was unconstitutional. Within days, three other men had pronounced themselves president, including Barre Hirale, a former warlord and defence minister seen as pro-government.

 

The latest clashes broke out when Madobe's fighters stopped another of the claimants from visiting a hotel were Somalia's defence minister and other officials were meeting.

 

Regional capitals and Western donors are nervous of any reversal of security gains made in Somalia by African Union peacekeepers in the fight against the al Qaeda-linked militants, seen as a threat to stability in east Africa and beyond.

 

How the fate of Kismayu and the Jubaland region is resolved is a litmus test for Somalia as it rebuilds from the ruins of war and cements a fragile peace.

 

Mogadishu insists there is no going back to civil war. But government-led talks over Kismayu are being stymied by the divisive clan politics that plague Somalia.

 

"We hope fighting will cease. Only the man with the most weapons will remain in power," local elder Nur Ibrahim told Reuters by telephone, showing scant hope for a negotiated end.

 

Madobe's apparently close relationship with the Kenyan military has raised tensions between the Mogadishu and Nairobi governments. A Kenyan ally in southern Somalia could provide Nairobi with a welcome buffer along their porous border.

 

On Saturday, Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud returned to Mogadishu after talks with Kenya's new leader. The pair have met at least five times since Uhuru Kenyatta's inauguration in early April, aides say.

 

Al Shabaab blamed Kenya for the latest violence.

 

"The resurgence of tribal hostility in Kismayu is a result of the Kenyan invasion of the city and the Kenyan government will be held fully responsible for every drop of blood," Sheikh Xudayfa Abdirahman, a senior al Shabaab official, told Reuters.

 

Al Shabaab wants to impose a strict version of Islamic law on Somalia and has been blamed for many attacks on Kenyan soil.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Somali warlords battle over key southern port

AFPBy Tobin Jones | AFP –

 

This picture released on May 22, 2013 by the Africa Union shows young men sitting fishing on a rocky outcrop near Mogadishu's fish market. At least eight people have been killed in fighting between rival Somali warlords battling for control of the southern port city of Kismayo, witnesses said Saturday.

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This picture released on May 22, 2013 by the Africa Union shows young men sitting fishing on a rocky …

 

At least eight people have been killed in fighting between rival Somali warlords battling for control of the southern port city of Kismayo, witnesses said Saturday.

 

Gunmen from the Ras Kamboni militia of former Islamist warlord Ahmed Madobe -- recently self-appointed "president" of the southern Jubaland region -- battled against forces loyal to Iftin Hassan Basto, another leader claiming to be president.

 

Fighting broke out Friday evening, paused overnight, but resumed on Saturday.

 

"Fighting started when soldiers from Ras Kamboni attacked and tried to arrest me," Basto told reporters. "But my men fought back and defended me."

 

Several rival factions claim ownership of Kismayo, a former stronghold of the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab, where Kenyan troops in an African Union force are now based.

 

Kenyan troops, who invaded Somalia in 2011, back Madobe's control of the strategic and economic hub, but neither the title of "president" nor the region of Jubaland is recognised by the weak central government in Mogadishu.

 

Witnesses said eight people were killed in the clashes, while several wounded people were seen being taken to hospital.

 

"I saw eight dead, three of them civilians, but the toll could be higher as many were wounded," said Mohamed Farey, a witness.

 

"Battles have continued... we can hear heavy fire."

 

Another resident, Jama Bile, said that three of his neighbours had been killed, and two others wounded.

 

"It's chaotic here... people are frightened," Bile told AFP.

 

Jubaland lies in the far south of Somalia and borders both Kenya and Ethiopia, and control is split between multiple forces including clan militia, the Shebab, Kenyan and Ethiopian soldiers.

 

Jubaland joins other semi-autonomous regions of the fractured Horn of Africa nation, including Puntland in the northeast -- which wants autonomy within a federation of states -- and Somaliland in the northwest, which fiercely defends its self-declared independence.

 

Ras Kamboni spokesman Abdinasir Serar insisted his troops were in full control of Kismayo.

 

"We will end the fighting soon, after we arrest those who were preparing for attacks," Serar said.

 

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who holds little sway in the port city, said all sides should end the fighting.

 

"We call on both parties to practise restraint," he said in a statement.

 

Kenya's and Somalia's presidents met this week, discussing among other issues Nairobi's role in Jubaland, which has a lucrative charcoal industry, fertile farmland as well as potential off-shore oil and gas deposits.

 

Kenya views the region as a key buffer zone to protect is borders, but in Jubaland, has ended up backing a warlord opposing the central government it is mandated -- and funded by the UN and European Union -- to support.

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burahadeer;960129 wrote:

Kenyan forces took control of the city,where will that lead, anyone's guess!!

:D :D lool! What a desperation does to people! From it is a raging war to Kenyan troops took the city!! I never budgeted for this one!

 

Adeer, wax kale raadiya oo Somaliland lagu ilaawo in muddo ah tani way soo afjarantee!