At least four Somali government soldiers were killed and four civilians wounded when a roadside bomb hit a military vehicle in Mogadishu June 22. (Xinhua [2], June 22) Fighting has killed at least 38 since the "peace deal" was concluded in Djibouti June 10. (Reuters [3], June 20) However, Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein insisted Ethiopian occupation troops would be withdrawn within 120 days of the signing in Djibouti. "The agreement between us and the opposition is a historic one and the Somali government would implement it," Hussein said. (Xinhua [4], June 22)
See our last posts on Somalia [5] and the new Djibouti crisis [6].
