By Abdinoor Ali
MOGADISHU-Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called for immediate ceasefire on the besieged town of Bosaso Puntland State where fighting is ongoing between Puntland regular security forces supporting president Said Abdullahi Deni and PSF anti-terror unit allied to dismissed commander Mohamed Osman Diyano for the third day running.
“I urge the community elders, local leaders and all the people from all walks of life to intervene and immediately stop the fighting and give consensus a chance to resolve the stalemate,”said Farmajo.
Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Maxamed Cabdullaahi Farmaajo waxaa uu ka tiiraanyaysan yahay shaqaaqada iyo dagaalka ka socda magaalada Boosaaso, kaasoo sababay dhimasho, dhaawac, burbur hantiyeed iyo barakac muwaadiniin aan waxba galabsan.
— Villa Somalia (@TheVillaSomalia) December 22, 2021
President Farmajo also conveyed his condolences to all the people who lost their lives in the fighting that began on Tuesday as each side blamed each other for igniting the fight.
Sporadic gunfire could still be heard in Bosaaso as fighting Puntland security forces and US trained forces raged on for the third day.Ceasefire efforts spearheaded failed to take place as waring factions started shelling each other in the wee hours of last night.
Sources close to the fighting place the number of those killed at ten people and scores of others injured and taken to various health facilities according to medical reports in the besieged coastal town of Bosaso.
The US Embassy in Mogadishu in a statement carried on their Twitter handle on Tuesday evening called for immediate cease fire and said that continued fighting could precipitate catastrophes.
We urge an immediate end to hostilities in Bossaso and a return to dialogue to find a negotiated, peaceful resolution. Continued fighting will only inflict further harm on Bossaso and its people.
— U.S. Embassy Mogadishu, Somalia (@US2SOMALIA) December 21, 2021
“We urge an immediate end to hostilities in Bossaso and a return to dialogue to find a negotiated, peaceful resolution. Continued fighting will only inflict further harm on Bossaso and its people.”
