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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The time of terrorists is over in Somalia's capital, the troubled city's new mayor said Wednesday.
Mohamed Dheere, who spent 16 years as a warlord struggling for power in this Horn of Africa nation, was named mayor this week. The move appeased his clan — and that may have as much to do with the calm of recent days as any victory over insurgents, who the government calls terrorists.
Clan rivalries and the insurgency by Islamic militants have fueled Mogadishu's recent bloodshed, which aid groups say killed 1,670 people between March 12 and April 26 and sent more than 340,000 of the city's 2 million residents fleeing for safety.
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