Somalia’s Gedo turf wars send refugees to Kenya, disrupts trade
Residents of Mandera town watch as smoke rises from the neighbouring Somali town of Bula Hawa amid fighting on March 2, 2020. Fighting broke out after former Jubbaland minister turned Gedo region spy chief for Mogadishu government landed in Bula Hawa.
Somalia troops last week engaged in a turf war for the control of Bula Hawa, a town close to the Kenyan border in Gedo region, with the two levels of government trading blame for the clashes.
The fighting began on Monday, when two military helicopters carrying senior security officials, including Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur — also known locally as Abdirashid Janan — a former Jubbaland security minister, landed in the town.
