Somali Leader Vows No Surrender As New Fighting Erupts -- AFP
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Embattled Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Thursday vowed to fight insurgents to the bitter end as fresh clashes erupted in the south of the capital.
"We will fight to death until peace is assured," Sharif told reporters as his forces and hardline Islamist militants exchanged mortar shells and heavy fire in parts of the capital.
Sharif spoke after talks with clerics from a moderate but influential Sufi religious sect who pledged to take up arms to shore up his shaky administration.
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