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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the murder of the female government employee, but the police pointed the finger of the blame at Al-Shabaab, which often carries out such attacks in the city.

The deployment has further fueled the tension, with residents fearing possible clashes between the troops and the armed clan militia controlling parts of the city which is prone to a conflict.

ONLF - Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has been fighting for decades in the Ogaden region for the rights of the Somali people in the north of Ethiopia who were victims of the TPLF.

A source told Keydmedia’s English Service that the blast and the subsequent clashes come as the commander of the Somali army Gen Odowa Yusuf Rage is in Dhusamareb city.

Three civilians are among the dead, said witness Qasim Ahmed who spoke to Keydmedia’s English service by phone from the locality following the explosion.

Two months after assuming office, U.S. President Joe Biden appointed Larry André Jr., a long-time White House veteran who has previously served as United States Ambassador to Djibouti and Mauritania.

ONLF which fought in the Somali regional state in Ethiopia has welcomed the decision and commended PM Roble and his cabinet for the move, which the rebel group termed as historic and praiseworthy.

The outgoing Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was accused of handing over former military officer Abdikarim Qalbi-Dhagah to Ethiopia. 

Tullow has said that the land acquisition hitches coupled with unfavorable global oil prices since 2014, a tax dispute, and Covid-19 disruptions have delayed Kenya’s bid to commercialize the Turkana oilfields.

This promises to be a unique event, as Saudi Arabia officially reopened its embassy in the capital Mogadishu, since the collapse of the military regime led by Gen. Said Barre in 1991.

Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda's ally in East Africa ramped up terror attacks in Somalia amid a troubled parliamentary election.

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