Islamic militias secured the backing of influential clan elders overnight to set up a new system of governance for swathes of southern Somalia which the Islamists now control, an elder said. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the head of the Joint Islamic Courts, sealed a deal with the traditional community leaders in Jowhar, a former stronghold of a US-backed alliance of warlords who were routed from the town on Wednesday. Full Story
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