A Senior Commander has been killed during a clash between the country’s security forces in Somalia’s central Hiiran region.
Haram’ad paramilitary unit officers had a scuffle with local police and the police chief was shot during the incident. It was gathered that the paramilitary officers had been deployed to Beledweyne district during the ongoing parliamentary elections.
The Anadolu news agency reports that Beledweyne District Governor Osman Dhisow Dhubow says two officers were injured in the scuffle and are being treated in hospital.
In another development, The World Health Organization, WHO says a case of wild polio, has emerged in Africa for the first time in five years.
It added that Malawian Health Authorities have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type-1 after a case was detected in the capital Lilongwe.
The health authorities explained that a laboratory test found the strain to be the same as one circulating in Pakistan.
The World Health Body said Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries where wild polio is endemic.
