Mogadishu: Government and rebel spokesmen have said that that Islamist forces are pulling out of the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
Government spokesman Abdirahman Omar Osman said on Saturday that al-Shabab was retreating from the city. He called it a "golden victory for the Somali people."
However, al-Shabab spokesman Ali Mohamed Rage told a local radio station that the retreat was aimed to enable a counter-attack. He says there will be no pull out from other regions of southern Somalia.
Somalia is in the grip of famine and has had no functioning government for 20 years.
Government spokesman Abdirahman Omar Osman said on Saturday that al-Shabab was retreating from the city. He called it a "golden victory for the Somali people."
However, al-Shabab spokesman Ali Mohamed Rage told a local radio station that the retreat was aimed to enable a counter-attack. He says there will be no pull out from other regions of southern Somalia.
Somalia is in the grip of famine and has had no functioning government for 20 years.
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