Italy sends aid to Somalia after fighting in Somaliland

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 29 - Italy on Saturday sent aid to Somalia after intense fighting at Las Anood in the contested area of Somaliland which caused a humanitarian emergency, the foreign ministry in Rome said.
    At the instructions of Deputy International Cooperation Minister Edmondo Cirielli, an aid plane left Rome for Mogadishu carrying some 18 tonnes of medicines, health kits and tents, it said.
    The shipment was taken from Mogadishu to the airport at Garowe from which it will continue to the areas around Las Anood, said the Farnesina. (ANSA).