SOMALIA: “TFG on brink of collapse”

NAIROBI Monday, November 17, 2008 (IRIN) - The widening split between Somalia's leaders could lead to the total collapse of the transitional federal government (TFG), a Nairobi-based regional analyst, who requested anonymity, has warned. The split has widened as insurgents gain ground across Somalia, taking control in recent days of large parts of south and central regions, according to civil society sources. Insurgents comprising Islamist Al-Shabab, nationalists and militia clans opposed to...