Amisom soldiers on guard in Somalia. Amisom has denied accusations that its soldiers participated in the combat and supplying arms to the pro-government forces in deadly clashes that lasted between Sunday and Wednesday this week. PHOTO | AFP
The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), a continental peacekeeping force, has dismissed accusations it had a hand in the violence witnessed in Guri-el town in Galmudug State in Central Somalia, pitting the local militia against the government forces.
The fighting has been going on between the militia loyal to the moderate Islamist group Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa (ASWJ) and pro-government forces comprising of units of Somali National Army (SNA) and local Galmudug forces.
