International partners are deeply concerned about the renewed fighting between forces from Galmudug and Puntland in Gaalkacyo which has resulted in at least five people being killed. Hundreds of civilians have already been displaced by the violence.
Tensions around Gaalkacyo are longstanding and have already resulted in violence. On 2 December 2015, Puntland President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas and Galmudug President Abdikarim Hussein Guled signed an agreement that committed their governments to refrain from actions that could exacerbate the conflict after an outbreak of fighting in late November last year.
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