Mogadishu — New tension emerged on Wednesday within defunct and former Islamist militant group officials, Hisbul Islam, paving a way looming threats of insecurity in southern Somalia as a spokesman for the group said they would abandon armed conflicts and violence, Garowe Online reports.
Speaking on VOA Somali Service, consultative (Shurra) Council secretary Sheikh Ismail Haji Adow rebuffed that Hisbul Islam is in talks with Federal Government of Somalia which he said disregarded the group's political agendas and future conflict resolutions to move forward.
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