Mogadishu, SOMALIA – Heavy fighting has erupted between the Garre and Jidde clans, both part of the larger Digil clan family, in the town of Qoryoley, located in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. The clashes, which began two days ago after four Garre clansmen were reportedly killed, have once again highlighted the fragility of the security situation in the country and the unintended consequences of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s strategy of encouraging clans to raise their own armies to assist in the fight against Al-Shabab.
The renewed clan infighting in Qoryoley is part of a broader pattern of clan conflict that has been flaring up across Somalia in recent months. From Galmudug to Hirshabelle, and now in the Lower Shabelle region, clans have been taking up arms against each other, often in response to perceived grievances or as part of long-standing disputes over resources, power, and political influence.
Wallahi it is a disease I never thought sub-clans would be fighting in the same city. You have Oromos from different religions coming together or Eritreans who are different ethnicities you are telling me Somalis in the same clan family can’t even get along?
The renewed clan infighting in Qoryoley is part of a broader pattern of clan conflict that has been flaring up across Somalia in recent months. From Galmudug to Hirshabelle, and now in the Lower Shabelle region, clans have been taking up arms against each other, often in response to perceived grievances or as part of long-standing disputes over resources, power, and political influence.
Wallahi it is a disease I never thought sub-clans would be fighting in the same city. You have Oromos from different religions coming together or Eritreans who are different ethnicities you are telling me Somalis in the same clan family can’t even get along?
