Sunday, May 16, 2010

24 Killed in Somalia

Shelling in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, on Sunday led to the death of 24 and wounding of dozens. The parliament's speaker, Speaker Sheikh Aden Madobe, asked the country's president to form a new government.  Somalia's Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke said his government, which is backed by the West, would continue.  Parliament met on Sunday for the first time since December as al Shabaab fired mortars at the parliament building, African Union peacekeepers returned fire.  Many legislators living in Kenya, Europe and America because of security fears.

Submitted by Derald Willey

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