NAIROBI, 25 February 2009 (IRIN) – The latest fighting in Mogadishu, in which dozens have been killed and thousands displaced since 23 February, is an attempt to wrongfoot the new government, led by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, observers and analysts said.
-The fighting is an attempt to derail and pre-empt the new president’s actions regarding reconciliation, said a Nairobi-based regional analyst, who requested anonymity.
Noting that the clashes underlined the urgency with which Sheikh Sharif must move to build a coalition and secure the city and south-central Somalia, he warned that the president would be in an untenable position if the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops used disproportionate force.
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