Elasha Biyaha (Sunatimes)Reports from Elasha Biyaha area, a rebel stronghold on the outskirt of Mogadishu, say normalcy has returned to the route linking Afgoye to Mogadishu after it was cut off by the renewed clashes between Somali troops backed by AU forces and Al-Shabaab militias.

The reopening of the route gives hope to hundreds of residents who are camping at the suburb trying to return to Mogadishu as tension looms in the area.

The African Union force has hinted that it was planning to wrest control of Afgoye corridor, a rebel stronghold in the Lower Shabelle region, urging locals in the area to immediately to return to Mogadishu.