在索马里城市拜多阿，政府军与效忠于被罢免的地区总统的武装分子之间爆发了激烈冲突。
Intense clashes have broken out in the Somali city of Baidoa between government forces and fighters loyal to the ousted regional president.
据报道，周一在该市（位于西南部）冲突升级时，战斗机及无人机被投入使用；数千名当地武装分子于当天清晨涌入该市。近几周来，随着政府军试图维持今年早些时候夺取的控制权，这座城市一直处于暴力事件频发的状态。
Fighter jets and drones were reported as the hostilities flared on Monday in the South West State city after thousands of local fighters entered the city in the morning. Violence has plagued the city in recent weeks as the army seeks to maintain the control it wrested earlier this year.
法新社援引高级军事指挥官穆罕默德·阿里的话称：“国家军队与他们交战，造成了重大人员伤亡，并将他们赶出了城市。”阿里还表示，这些当地武装分子配备了装有爆炸物的车辆以及能够投掷爆炸物的无人机。
“The national army confronted them, inflicted heavy casualties and drove them out of the city,” senior army commander Mohamed Ali said, according to the AFP news agency. He added that the local fighters had vehicles loaded with explosives and explosive drones.
索马里多个州反对哈桑·谢赫·穆罕默德总统。他的政府曾在今年3月派遣军队罢免了西南部地区的领导人阿卜迪阿齐兹·哈桑·穆罕默德·拉夫塔加林。拉夫塔加林多次试图夺回该地区，包括拜多阿这一行政中心。
A number of states in Somalia oppose President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. His government sent troops to oust the head of South West State, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen in March. Laftagareen has repeatedly attempted to retake the area, including the administrative capital of Baidoa.
拉夫塔加林在一份声明中祝贺武装分子的行动，称其目的是“维护安全，恢复拜多阿的稳定与多样性”。
statement Laftagareen congratulated fighters for the operation, saying that the aim was to “maintain security [and] restore stability and diversity” in Baidoa.
国际医疗组织“无国界医生”（MSF）表示，已有三人死亡，其中包括一名医护人员。
The medical NGO Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said three people had died including a healthcare worker.
当地居民侯赛因·阿卜迪法塔赫告诉法新社：“当天整个城市都发生了激烈的冲突。由于双方在各处交战，大多数平民难以逃离。”在拜多阿的贝伊地区医院工作的医疗团队称，他们接收了69名受暴力事件影响的伤者，其中5名为儿童。
“There were heavy clashes all day in the city,” local resident Hussein Abdifatah told AFP. “Most of the civilians have difficulties fleeing because both sides are fighting everywhere.” Medical teams working with the Ministry of Health at Baidoa’s Bay Regional Hospital said they had received 69 patients affected by the violence, including five children.
通往医院的道路已被封锁，无国界医生组织担心许多伤者无法获得治疗。
Roads leading to hospitals in Baidoa were blocked, and MSF said it is concerned that many wounded people are unable to access treatment.
“这是六周内拜多阿第三次爆发战斗，平民遭受了毁灭性后果，”无国界医生驻索马里代表埃尔沙菲·穆罕默德博士说。“平民和医疗服务被卷入暴力事件是不可接受的。”该援助机构表示，一所医疗设施也据报遭到严重破坏，一辆救护车被洗劫。两名与其团队合作的医务人员遭抢劫，其中一人受伤。
“This is the third time in six weeks that fighting has erupted in Baidoa, with devastating consequences for civilians,” Dr Elshafie Mohammed, MSF’s Somalia representative, said. “It is unacceptable that civilians and healthcare are being caught up in violence.” A health facility was also reportedly severely damaged and an ambulance looted, the aid agency said. Two medical staff working with its teams were robbed and one was injured.
8月17日，拜多阿爆发战斗，当时贝伊地区医院报告4人死亡、94人受伤；9月3日战斗再次爆发，71人因伤接受治疗，并记录到1人死亡。
Fighting erupted in Baidoa on August 17, when Bay Regional Hospital reported four deaths and 94 people wounded, and again on September 3 when 71 people were treated for injuries and one death was recorded.