VOA NEWS: ISLAMIST INSURGENTS IN CONTROL OF SOMALI PORT CITY
August 23, 2008
August 23, 2008
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 23 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Derek Kilner
Islamist insurgents have taken control of the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the city returned to calm on Saturday after three days of fighting that left more than 60 people dead, according to residents.
Kismayo, Somalia's second largest city, is a strategic port on the coun . . .
By Derek Kilner
Islamist insurgents have taken control of the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the city returned to calm on Saturday after three days of fighting that left more than 60 people dead, according to residents.
Kismayo, Somalia's second largest city, is a strategic port on the coun . . .