Several minister from the Somali federal government are holding talks with local elders in Beledweyne, in a mediation bid to end the deadly clan fighting in the town.
The Ministers of Youth & Sports and Minister of Petroleum & Minerals are reportedly spearheading the Government’s peace mission in Beledweyne, the provincial capital of Hiiran region.
The ministers have started mediation efforts to stop the conflict between Galje’el and Jajele clans who fought for control of land and pastureland at Howlwadag nighbourhood in western Beledweyne town.
The two warring clan militiamen have engaged in five-days-long deadly battle that left scores of people, including unarmed civilians dead, while forcing hundreds to flee their houses.
On the other hand, the ministers paid a visit to the families hit by the flash flood at El Jalle area, east of Beledweyne to assess the scale of the humanitarian crises and ways to deliver aid food to the displaced families.
