Some 22 persons killed in violent confrontations among warring groups in Somalia

At least some 22 persons were killed and many more wounded on Saturday during violent confrontations between warring militias in Makadishu.

News reports quoted the militias sources as saying that these clashes came following Friday's fighting which at least resulted in killing 7 persons in the lines of the forces of the provisional national government and the supporters of Mousa Seidi Yalahou, one of the war Lords who refuse to recognize the provisional government.