Over 100 Deaths In Las Anod - A Contested Somaliland Region Somalia
, with medical sources now saying that more than 100 people have been killed in three weeks of clashes. Local militias are fighting to pull three regions away from Somaliland in order to rejoin Somalia. So far, calls for a ceasefire are being ignored. Las Anod is the capital of the Sool region, which together with the Sanaag and Cayn regions, is fighting to withdraw from Somaliland and be governed by Somalia to the south, reportsThe U.N.
have warned the fighting could worsen an already fragile humanitarian situation, as the Horn of Africa battles a severe drought that the U.N. warns could degenerate into famine by midyear.Fighting in the area of Las Anod, in the breakaway Somaliland republic, has escalated, with medical sources now saying more than 100 people have been killed in three weeks of…
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