Clan fighting in central Somalia kills 20

Eyewitness Liban Abdi said Tuesday that he had seen the bodies of at least 20 people killed in fighting in the central Mudug region. Most of the dead were militia members.
There have been sporadic clashes between the Majerteen and the Sa’ad clans over access to land and water for several weeks. The most recent fighting began in the early hours of Monday night and stopped in the evening.
Damerale village elder Hassan Mohamud says he has called for calm. But he says residents are fleeing the area around Damerale and Docle Omane villages, and more gunmen are arriving.