Clashes kill at least 50 in Somalia

Source: CCTV.com | 05-11-2009 13:42

Clashes between rival Islamist groups in Somalia have killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 150 others, in three days of fighting in the Horn of Africa nation.

An Islamist fighter jumps over a wall during clashes in  southern Mogadishu, May 8, 2009.REUTERS/Feisal Omar

President Sheikh Sharif's government is continuing to struggle against a powerful insurgency in Somalia. Hundreds of moderate Islamists, loyal to the government, fought opposition al Shabaab militiamen, in northern Mogadishu over the weekend.

Somalia has been without an effective central government since 1991, when dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted from power.

Editor:Zhang Yun