What's going on in Somalia now?

[Dhul-Qarnayn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7810246.stm

Islamist militiamen have taken over a number of abandoned police stations in the Somali capital as Ethiopian troops continue to withdraw from the city.

The militiamen said they were moving in to prevent an explosion of violence.

They are thought to support a faction that has signed a peace deal with Somalia's transitional government.

A more militant group, al-Shabab, is continuing the insurgency. Ethiopia has said it aims to ensure there is no security vacuum after it withdraws.

Separately, at least six people are reported to have died in fighting between rival Islamic factions further north.

Members of al-Shabab clashed with local supporters of a rival group - Ahlu Sunna Wal-jamaah - in Guriel, about 400km (250 miles) north of Mogadishu.

...uh, what? There's a group named Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah? Or do they somehow actually mean other Sunnis?

[Haaji_Abubakr]

wa 'alaykum salaam, I doubt that they're involved because they weren't involved in the last 18 years of civil war. Last month the same news story came out and they denied it. This is one of three tribal rebel groups that was sent from Ethiopia to combat al-Shabaab. Apparently the warlord of this group is claiming the "sufi" crown.

[IbnShafiq]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7810246.stm

...uh, what? There's a group named Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah? Or do they somehow actually mean other Sunnis?

Somalia has been in a state of chaos for many years. May Allah Ta'ala unite their hearts and bring them under one banner. Ameen ya Rabb