Fighting breaks out in Somalia

HEAVY fighting has broken out in a Somali town near the Kenyan border between Somali forces and those from the state of Jubbaland, as Somalia’s troubles spill over into violence again.

Somalia’s information ministry has accused Kenya-funded rebels of crossing into the town of Bulo Hawo and attacking Somali forces. The Jubbaland vicepresident, Mohamud Sayid Adan, said that Jubbaland forces were attacked by what he called forces deployed by the government in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.