Somali leader blocked at airport
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Hassan only controls small parts of
Somalia | Militiamen
have prevented the head of Somalia's transitional national government,
Abdulkassim Salad Hassan, from embarking on a planned trip to Libya.
He and senior members of his administration were confronted by a former
bodyguard as they prepared to leave from an airport 80km south-west of the
capital, Mogadishu.
Some of Mr Hassan's former bodyguards reportedly demanded money before
allowing him to fly.
A number of shots were fired into the air and the delegation returned
to Mogadishu.
No revenue
Correspondents say the incident is a vivid reminder of the lack of
authority exerted by the transitional government, whose powerbase is
confined to small pockets of the country.
Somalia has been without an internationally recognised central
government since the overthrow of President Siad Barre in 1991.
Rival warlords and clans run different parts of the country.
The BBC's Hassan Barise in Mogadishu says that the transitional
government does not control any of the economic installations, such as
ports and airports around the capital.
He says this has prevented Mr Hassan's administration from generating
enough revenue to function normally. |
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