Somalia: Militia agrees ceasefire

An Islamic militia fighting for control of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has agreed to a ceasefire, according to local clan elders.

A rival alliance of warlords and businessmen, who have held the city for 15 years, say they will respond to the proposal on Monday.

Some 70 people in Mogadishu have died and 200 were injured over four days of factional fighting in northern suburbs.

Somalia’s interim President Abdullahi Yusuf has appealed for calm, which appeared to have veen heard, with the streets of Mogadishu falling comparatively quiet on Sunday.

However, the city’s hospitals seemed full as doctors struggled to treat those injured in the fighting.

Source: BBC News