Somalia: Ban On Small Cars Traveling From Mogadishu to Baidoa Lifted
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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
December 10, 2006 Posted to the web December 10, 2006
Aweys Osman Yusuf Mogadishu
Union of Islamic Courts has consented the minibuses that traveled from the capital Mogadishu to Baidoa, a seat for the transitional government, which is 250 km away from the capital, to restart their normal transporting passengers to Baidoa.
Small cars used as passenger minibuses were banned from traveling to Baidoa on Saturday morning after heavy fighting between Islamic Courts fighters and Ethiopian backed government forces clashed in Ramad Adde and Safar Noleys villages near Dinsor district in Bai province, southern Somalia. More than 20 persons were reportedly dead and more than a dozen injured in Friday's skirmishes.
Sheik Muktar Robow Abu Mansor, Islamic Courts first assistant security chair, has told Shabelle Sunday that ban on small cars that transported passengers from Mogadishu, the capital, to Baidoa was lifted this morning.
"We [Islamists] have lifted the ban on minibuses traveling from Mogadishu to Baidoa, and there is no fear of insecurity right now," he said.
He stressed that yesterday's ban came after fear of insecurity ran high as heavy fighting took place in villages that lie between Dinsor and Baidoa.
Many young drivers burst to happiness following the announcement of lifting the ban on minibuses.
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