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Images posted on social media showed flames and huge billowing clouds of smoke in the night sky over the city, the capital of the breakaway region of Somaliland.

And Larry Andre, US Ambassador to Somalia held a series of interviews with local media where he said Washington’s policy on Somalia will not change in spite of the trip.

Somaliland ayaa ku fashilantay aqoonsiga mudo 30 sano ah raadinaysay, iyadoo isku-daygii ugu dambeeyay ee UK uu kusoo dhamaadey guul-darro, islamarkaana uu noqday hal-bacaad lagu lisay.

Maamulka Muuse Biixi ayaa qiimo kasta ku bixinaya aqoonsiga, iyadoo dhawaan uu Itoobiya siiyay Dekadda Saylac, taasoo ku bedelatay in Safiir loo soo diro.

Somaliland claims unilateral independence from Somalia in May 1991 and has been seeking international recognization for 30 years.

It has urged Somalilanders in the UK to get in touch with their respective MPs and thanked the former UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson for his advocacy.

The fracas has disrupted the session after the MPs clashed with police fired live bullets towards the members of the parliament whose majority seats were occupied by the two opposition parties in May polls.

The international aid agencies, including the UN, have raised concerns over the mass expulsion of the people from Somaliland who previously fled their regions over conflict and droughts. 

Puntland said it welcomed more than 3,000 persons who arrived in several towns, mainly Galkayo for the past three days of this month.

They said they were coordinating an urgent humanitarian assessment to determine the number of people affected and their urgent needs in order to find temporary shelter, in collaboration with the Puntland administration.

More than one thousand people hailing from the Southwest state of Somalia have been expelled from Las Anod, a city in northern Somalia where they lived for many years.

The northern breakaway region has attributed the insecurity incidents to the people from the south of Somalia.