A human rights activist says hundreds are fleeing Somalia’s capital after weekend fighting left at least 35 dead.
Elman Human Rights Organisation vice-chairperson Ali Fadhaa says many of the people fleeing are not sure where to go.
Separately, a shopkeeper living outside Mogadishu says he saw several vehicles packed with fighters of an extremist group heading to the capital.
Ali Osman says the fighters were masked and some wrapped a black flag around their heads, signs they are fighters of the al-Shabab group.
During the weekend fighting, al-Shabab’s allies fought pro-government militias. The group may have called for reinforcements from its strongholds south of Mogadishu. — Sapa-AP