Ogaden militia led by Sheikh Hassan Abdulahi Hersi known as Turki have taken over another somali town to close the somali kenyen border
Forces loyal to Islamic courts have taken control of Bu’ale city, the provincial capital of middle Juba region on Tuesday in an attempt to prevent what they called ‘the enemy of Islam’ head of information department of Islamic Courts told the local media.
Sheik Ali Mudey confirmed the report saying the Islamic fighters reached the city of BuÂ’ale early this morning where they have received a warm welcome from the residents who felt the neat work by the Islamists in Somalia.
He said the forces faced no resistance from their advance to the middle Juba province.
Hundreds of heavily armed Islamic militants with battlewagons have arrived in the city, witnesses say.
Also large number of Islamic forces led by Sheikh Hassan Abdulahi Hersi known as Turki have reached peacefully in Afmadow town of lower Juba region in south of Somalia near the border with Kenya.
Senior Islamic officials met the authorities in Afmadow town to speed up the public support to Islamists and introduce the Islamic law in the area.
Islamists are still extending their authority to more lands in southern Somalia to affirm their total control of whole southern Somalia.
In Kismayo, the port city of southern Somalia, the Islamists conduct meetings with local tribal leaders to form an Islamic administration in the region.
Kismayo, is the provincial capital of lower Juba region and is a strategic city in southern Somalia where previously under control of Juba Valley alliance combined of three warlords.
Also reports from Kismayo port city says the Khat leafs arrive through land transportation and it is still consumed in the city.
