Warlords and civilians installed a council Sunday to govern Somalia's capital, an action that further fragments the nation but that could bring the city under the control of a single group after 14 years of anarchy, AP reported. Sixty-four members of the new Regional Council of Banadir were sworn in to act as legislators, formalizing a break with Somalia's transitional government. Lengthy peace talks in Kenya led to the formation of a transitional government last year, under President Abdullahi Yusuf, but it quickly split over where it should be based and whether the country needed peacekeepers from neighboring countries to help establish order. Commerce Minister Muse Sudi Yalahow, one of the three main Mogadishu warlords and chairman of the committee that chose the new administration, said members consulted widely, including with former presidents.
