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Mogadishu (RBC) A mediation team led by the Minister of Interior and Federal Affairs Abdullahi Godax Barre has reached the town of Merka, the regional capital of Lower Shabelle of Southern Somalia on Wednesday to start a reconciliation efforts between rival clan-based militias, RBC Radio reports.
The mediation team comprised the Ministers of Interior, Defence, Members of the Parliament and peace-loving elders who were called to contribute in ending the clan hostilities in the region.
According to Minister Barre, the team will meet the representatives of the two rival clans and will immediately call the armed militias to disarm and vacate their positions in the conflict zones.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, lawmakers hailing from the both sides have commended the initiative and the visit by the mediation tea to the region as they called a sudden action to be done in order to cease the tensions in the fertile region of Lower Shabelle and that people to be given an access to cultivate their farms.
At least 12 people including militias were killed in the recent clashes in the region early this week as tensions rose up to the regional capital of Merka forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes.
RBC Radio
