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Fighting in Laascaanood leaves 34 dead and dozens injured

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At least 34 people were killed in clashes between soldiers and anti-government fighters in Somaliland on Monday, doctors and officials said. The government said on Twitter armed men attacked army bases and state offices in Laascaanood early in the morning. It accused unnamed “traditional leaders” there of recruiting the attackers, and said it had thwarted […]

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Death toll in Laascaanood clashes reaches 20, says doctors

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At least 20 people have been killed in Somaliland in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces over several days, according to a doctor at a public hospital. For more than a week police and the military have been battling the protesters in Laascaanood, a town in Somaliland’s east which is disputed between Somaliland and […]

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