MOGADISHU, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Somalia’s federal troops and armed opposition groups clashed in heavy fighting in Baidoa city centre on Monday, a local resident and an army officer told Reuters.
“Militias loyal to the former Baidoa president entered Baidoa from two sides, challenging two battalions of federal military. Fighting has intensified now,” Farah Nur, a shopkeeper in the city, told Reuters.
(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Toby Chopra)
