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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - For more than 10 years, Mohamed Qanyare Afrah was one of the handful of warlords who ruled this city. He had thousands of militiamen under his control and ran the southern part of Somalia's seaside capital as his personal fiefdom.
With no effective Somali government, warlords such as Afrah were Mogadishu's political leaders, judges, jailers and executioners until they were driven from the capital by Islamic militants six months ago.
Last week, a new Somali government retook Mogadishu with the help of Ethiopian troops. Now, Afrah is back — and some fear the rule of the warlord is too.
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