{Troops in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland have briefly staged a mutiny.<\/p>\n
Dozens of soldiers seized the parliament compound in the administrative capital Garowe and blocked nearby streets.}<\/p>\n
However one of the region’s most respected clan elders, Islan Issa Islan Mohamed, told them to return to their barracks.<\/p>\n
He told the BBC that the “drama” was now over.<\/p>\n
It had been reported that the soldiers were protesting about a delay in the payment of salaries as well as poor working conditions.<\/p>\n
Last September soldiers took control of the central bank in Garowe in protest at lack of payments, Garowe Online reported.<\/p>\n
Puntland, an arid region of north-east Somalia, declared itself an autonomous state in August 1998, in part to avoid the clan warfare engulfing southern Somalia.<\/p>\n
Unlike its neighbour, breakaway Somaliland, Puntland says it does not seek recognition as an independent entity, wishing instead to be part of a federal Somalia.<\/p>\n
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