Calm Returns to Mogadishu After Two Days of Clashes in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Mogadishu began to settle down on Saturday after two tense days of fighting and security stand-offs pitted federal government forces against troops aligned with opposition figures.
By morning, residents said the capital looked noticeably quieter. Military convoys had thinned out, while traffic and ordinary street life slowly returned to major roads after security personnel and armed groups pulled back from several areas that had become flashpoints.
Former Somali president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and former…