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🇸🇴#Somalia: Clashes broke out overnight in Somalia’s capital between local militias and government forces. Tensions reportedly escalated after days of unrest over unpaid salaries and economic instability. The situation was further fueled by an incident in which Mogadishu’s council allegedly sent police officers, accompanied by bulldozers, to evict residents and demolish several homes in the low-income Deynile district, due to unpaid debts to the city's council. Regional reports also suggest that factions formed within the army during the incident, with some soldiers allegedly siding with residents affected by the evictions. (via SomaliGuardian)