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Africa Horn
Political falling out between Puntland and Galmudug
2014-03-06
[Shabelle] Tension between the Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
state and Mudug region increased significantly after a political falling out.
I've no idea where that is -- it isn't on our map.
This disagreement became officially known after armed gunnies in Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
's southern Galkacyo assailed to kill and injure people from the west of Galkacyo in Puntland.

These gunnies have killed up to 2 people and injured at least another 2 according to a statement to the media by an official named Abdi Kafi who accused the perpetrators of Galmudug.

The relations of Puntland and Galmudug are slowly increasing but recently it is unknown to what extent of the impact it will have.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Well if you're into bad construction and sweltering, albeit pretty, beaches, this looks to be the place.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-03-06 15:44  

#3  Or they're selling a lot of that color tile, which was in the old days "traditional" because it was thought to produce the lowest temperatures in the blazing heat.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-03-06 12:07  

#2  Looks like all those pics are of a single rooftop in Galkacyo...
Posted by: Steve White   2014-03-06 11:59  

#1  Galkacyo's kinda pretty.

Are Galmudug and Puntland at odds
Behind smooth diplomatic facades?
Galmudugians hoot
As they loot, shoot, and scoot,
"Snooty Puntlanders treat us like clods!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-03-06 01:42  

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