Local TV footage shows soldiers blocking African Union peace keeping forces
BBC: Somali soldiers end protest over unpaid salaries
Soldiers in the Somali capital Mogadishu have ended their protest over unpaid salaries.
They had blocked roads in the city on Saturday, with some saying they had not received wages in over a year.
Local television footage showed troops blocking vehicles from the African Union peacekeeping force from passing.
The soldiers are fighting the militant Islamist group al-Shabab who said they carried out one of two attacks this weekend killing at least seven people.
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Update: Somalia: SNA troops stage short-lived mutiny in Mogadishu over unpaid Salaries -- Garowe Online
WNU Editor: Some soldiers not paid for 20 months. Ghost soldiers. Commanders skimming salaries. No wonder after years of war militant Islamist groups like al-Shabab are not defeated.
