Prime minister wins pact with capital’s key clan
From Times Wire Reports
Somalia’s prime minister has reached a truce with Mogadishu’s dominant clan, some of whose fighters supported Islamist-led insurgents in battles with government troops and Ethiopian forces this year.
Hawiye clan elders met Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi amid tight security in the capital, which has been rocked by outbreaks of violence since January, when his soldiers and their Ethiopian allies routed the hard-line Islamic Courts Union group.
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