Somalia: Parliament Speaker Calls Ethiopia to Release Detained Local MPs

Prof. Mohamed Omar Dalk, the speaker of the transitional parliamentarians of Somalia has Sunday held press conference in Mogadishu and called for Ethiopia to release two Somali MPs detained by Ethiopia recently.

The deputy speaker and acting president of the transitional government of Somalia Mohamed Omar Dalha said in his press conference that Ethiopia was mediating the transitional government and the Islamist clerics of Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a suggesting Ethiopia to add the deal for the release of the Somali citizens jailed in the Somali region under the control of Ethiopia.

Professor Mohamed Omar Dalha also called for the Somali clan militias fighting in parts of Mudug region in north of country to halt the war suggesting them to end everything through dialogue to reach solution and halt the conflict between the brothers as soon as possible.

The deputy speaker had lastly concluded his speech for calling the Somali pirates to release the British couples detained in the coasts of the north Somalia urging all the Somali scholars to stand firmly for the release of those hostages who were reportedly in a very difficult condition.


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