mjs talking about kismaayo after getting xasuuqed by Omar Jess and then challenging us only to get chased out again. Sxb if you don't know the history don't worry you found the right teacher. No anecdotes and niic niic only facts.
"After days of skirmishes between Marehan and Majerteen sub-clan militias in the country's third-largest city, residents of Kismayo say heavy fighting erupted on Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people.
The Marehan and the Majerteen belong to the larger Darod clan, recognized as one of the four major clans in Somalia.
A Somali aid worker in Kismayo, Ali Bashi, tells VOA that the militiamen of both sub-clans are technically Somali government troops and government supporters, who are nevertheless bitterly divided along clan lines.
Bashi says Friday's clash in Kismayo between the Marehan and the Majerteen follows a battle the two sides fought on April 23.
After the battle, Majerteen soldiers withdrew from Kismayo to the town of Bulo Gadud, 35 kilometers away, leaving the city and its strategic port in the hands of the Marehan.
In recent days, Majerteen troops have been seen moving closer to Kismayo. On Thursday, at least four people were wounded when one group of clan militiamen attacked another.
The Marehan's grip on Kismayo appears now to have tightened. VOA has learned that Marehan troops entered Bulo Gadud on Friday and declared victory over the Majerteen sub-clan."
https://www.voanews.com/archive/major-clan-war-feared-kismayo-somalia
What darood army are you talking about? You mean the SNF (Somali National Front)? As Morgan said "Darood wa Mareexaan cid kale ma jirto"
When USC and caydiid captured galkacyo and massacred all those majeerteen it was the Marehan army that freed the city and had the largest milita present.
"Africa Confidential (AC) of 16 February 1996 states that the strongest forces in Galkayo are the Marehan militias. Galkayo was occupied by Aydeed's men in 1991 and 1992, but now "the Saad of Galkayo regard Aydeed as a threat to the flourishing business that they have built up since the June 1993 peace accord between Aydeed and the SSDF" (ibid.). Galcayo has developed into a centre for trade between north and south Somalia (ibid.). The article also notes that the population of Galcayo is not reflected in the local fighting forces, which are comprised of former members of the old national army (ibid.).
For information on the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF), and their links to the Majertain, please consult Response to Information Request SOM20527.E of 3 May 1995.
In the 15 February 1996 document Information Session on Country Conditions on Somalia, available at Regional Documentation Centres, Matt Bryden, in his briefing notes, states that in 1993 the "Mudug agreement brought peace to Mijerteen-Habar Gidir relations and relative calm and stability to the town of Gaalka'yo and adjacent areas" (8) but notes that "the northern Mareexan - Daarod allies ... have yet to make peace with the Habar Gidir" (ibid.). Please consult Response to Information Request SOM17338.E of 20 May 1994 for additional information on the Galcayo peace agreement and Response to Information Request SOM21804.E of 16 May 1995 for information on the background of Matt Bryden."
https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acff4c.html
who is this guy?
