20091228
presstv

The speaker of Somalia's parliament, Sheikh Aden Madobe, has called on lawmakers living abroad to return to Mogadishu in 10 days.

On Sunday, Madobe said any parliament members who fail to return to the capital by January 6, 2010 will face legal action.

He made the call after the parliament was forced to postpone a session on Saturday because not enough members were present.

A number of lawmakers have fled to neighboring countries to escape unrest in the capital, where militants clash with government forces and peacekeepers from the African Union on an almost daily basis.

Somalia has experienced nearly two decades of civil war and has had no effective central government since dictator Mohammad Siad Bare was ousted in 1991.