[ShabelleMedia] The Somaliland military again bombed Las Anod, after losing the key city to local tribal militia last month after 15 years of full control.The SSC fighters responded with artillery before engaging in a brief gunfire with the breakaway regional forces outside the town on Saturday, according to the residents.
It’s still unclear the exact figures of the casualties as result of the shelling and the subsequent battle which came days after precarious calm and mediation efforts.
The Federal Government of Æthiopia has been making attempts to mediate the warring sides in Las Anod with Addis Ababa dispatching a team to Hargeisa and Garowe last week.
Since it shares land border, Æthiopia is worried about the conflict in Las Anod which can harm its security as the country is facing internal civil war raging among communities.
Reports from Somaliland indicate that regional leader Muse Bihi Abdi was summoned in Addis Ababa for talks with Abiy’s Govt officials on the pull out of his troops from frontlines.
No date has been set for Bihi’s trip to Æthiopia.
The battle for Las Anod control which began in Feb 6 left over 200 people dead and nearly 1,000 were maimed, including women and kiddies, according to medics in the city.
Curfew imposed in the contested Somali town after clashes
[ShabelleMedia] A night-time curfew was imposed in Las Anod on Friday after weeks of deadly festivities in the contested city on the Somaliland-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...
border, officials said.
The stabilization division of SSC-Khatumo announced the indefinite curfew which starts at 9:00PM local time following a consultations on city’s security, according to Ali Gowrac.
SSC-Khatumo took swift action to bring the situation under control after taking over the city from Somaliland forces last month after a bloody battle that left over 200 dead.
Gowrac who is the Commander of the new stabilization force asked the people to comply with the curfew and help troops enforce it, which he said was aimed at stabilizing Lasanood.
The fighting erupted in the town on Feb 6 after Somaliland forces faced a popular uprising against their presence in SSC — Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions before pulled out of bases.
Somaliland’s troops have since been stationed outside the city, which has since remained under the control of a local fighters under a committee of 33 elders from Dhulbahante clan.
After condemnation by international human rights
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organizations and the United States, Somaliland declared an unconditional ceasefire on February 10 and it did not take affect.