Baidoa Clashes Intensify Between Federal Forces, Opposition
Clashes in Baidoa between Somalia's federal troops and militias loyal to the former Baidoa president intensified, with heavy fighting in the city center and reports of casualties as both sides exchange fire. The confrontation threatens to worsen a dire humanitarian crisis in Baidoa, a city of more than a million people hosting displaced populations and high rates of child malnutrition, amid disputed claims of control.
