Bid launched to end protracted inter-clan clashes over property ownership in Garissa

Garissa County has initiated reconciliation talks between two sub-clans entangled in a protracted boundary dispute that has lead to the deaths of about 12 people and displacement of hundreds of others.

Auliahan and Abdiwak, two sub-clans of the larger Ogaden Somali clan, have been involved in a year-long bloody conflict over ownership of Qabobey location. Led by Garissa Senator Mohamed Yussuf Hajj, the leaders called on the two clans to avoid further bloodshed.