Mogadishu warlord says factions prepared for peace

Warlord Musa Sudi Yalahow, who controls the Medina enclave in the southwest of the city, said he could envisage the return of a national government within months. “Before the end of the millennium, or early next year, a Somali government will be established,” he said at the weekend, after his return to Mogadishu from weeks of negotiations between faction leaders in Addis Ababa. “We now know that none of the Somali factions can use force and unilaterally establish a government. Therefore, we need to have a national Somali government through peace.” Yalahow also said he “absolutely supported” the Somali peace initiative of Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh.