Combatants Cease Fire as Death Toll Reaches 60
From Times Wire Reports
Islamic militia fighters and a self-styled anti-terrorism alliance of warlords in Somalia’s capital ceased fire after strife that has killed about 60 people in the capital, Mogadishu.
The Horn of Africa nation has been a battleground for feuding militias since the toppling of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
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