SUPPORTERS of opposition political figures and state security forces fought in armed clashes today that erupted in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday evening ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration.No official casualty figures were immediately available from the violence that prompted calls for restraint from the United Nations as the government and opposition traded blame for the violence.Gunfire was reported in several neighbourhoods of the capital, according to eyewitness accounts.

SUPPORTERS of opposition political figures and state security forces fought in armed clashes today that erupted in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday evening ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration.

No official casualty figures were immediately available from the violence that prompted calls for restraint from the United Nations as the government and opposition traded blame for the violence.

Gunfire was reported in several neighbourhoods of the capital, according to eyewitness accounts.

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