Hardline Somali opposition leader arrives in Mogadishu on reconciliation mission
2009-04-24
[Beirut Daily Star: Region] A hardline Somali opposition leader accused of having Al-Qaeda links arrived Thursday in Mogadishu for the first time in two years, officials said. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys had been based in EritreaŽs capital, Asmara, after Ethiopian troops drove him and his supporters from strongholds in southern Somalia and Mogadishu.