"control" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Islamists now control Mogadishu, Somalia's biggest city, and have access to the country's best ports and airfields, and apparently a pipeline of weapons.
- Many residents now say they were better off under the Islamist administration, which briefly controlled Mogadishu last year until the Ethiopian troops invaded.
- At first it only controlled the area of north Mogadishu, but it gained support from many Somali's following the random violence committed by the warlords who controlled southern Mogadishu.
- The United Somali Congress, a guerrilla group based on the Hawiye clan, controls Mogadishu and its surrounding area.
- Since then, the United Somali Congress, a group dominated by the Hawiye tribe, has controlled Mogadishu and the central region of Somalia.
- According to United Nations officials, the Islamist clerics who control Mogadishu, Somalia's battle-scarred seaside capital, launched an offensive on two fronts against the transitional government's forces.
- In 2005, they estimated that "there are 11-15,000 militia people controlling Mogadishu (out of national estimates ranging from 50,000 to 200,000).
- The previous speaker was ousted last month after he tried to broker a peace treaty between the transitional government and the Islamist movement that used to control Mogadishu.
- Mohamed Roble had taken part in their battle to control Mogadishu, and had the support of the ICU leadership.
- Gen. Mohammed Farrah Aidid controls southern Mogadishu, and Mohammed Ali Mahdi controls the northern part of the city.
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