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Doctors: Over 57 killed in Somalia's Las Anod cityDoctors and emergency service providers have claimed over 57 people have been killed following heavy fighting between local militia and troops loyal to Somaliland, with members of the international community calling for the cessation of hostilities between the two groups. Authorities in Somaliland, a region that separated from Somalia three decades ago and seeks recognition as an independent country, announced a unilateral cease-fire on Friday night. For a number of years now, the city has been a center of a dispute between Puntland state and Somaliland, with both parties threatening to deploy troops to the Sool region. President Muse Bihi Abdi, the leader of the breakaway region, recently accused Mogadishu and Garowe of engineering skirmishes in Las Anod, a claim which the two parties have refuted. Traditional elders insist the only way peace can be restored in Las Anod is by having Somaliland troops withdrawn.