| Description |
Hundreds of people including women and children staged demonstrations in front of town hall where the president was meeting local clan elders in Beled Weyne on 23/12 to convince them accept his recent circular which stipulated, inter alia, regional state formation conference venue to be Jowhar town. During the demonstrations, the protesters burnt tyres and chanted slogans against president's proposal, such as ''No to Jowhar, No to bribe givers/takers and others''. Security forces later dispersed them by firing shots in the air. No casualties resulting from the demos were reported. |
