Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
15 November 2009
Fighting between the Islamist fighters and African Union troops AMISOM started around Kulliyadda Jale Si'ad, a large base for the Burundians forces in Mogadishu overnight, just as calm returned in areas where the clashes broke out in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Residents said that the fighting continued for a while as the rival sides exchanged heavy gunfire during the clashes which also caused all streets around the area to be blockaded.
Witnesses told Shabelle radio that the movement of the traffic and people was reopened on Sunday morning adding that there were more people who displaced from those neighborhoods earlier and recently returned and met new clashes overnight.
No casualties of civilians were reported so far though the new returnees expressed concern about the fighting between AMSOM troops and the Islamist fighters in Mogadishu.
There are no comments from the warring sides and the situation of the war zones returned normal and the clashes between the Islamist fighters and AMISOM troops comes as there had no been any fighting in the capital recently.
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