Ugandan troops recover arms in Somalia

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Ugandan troops recover arms in Somalia

Sunday, 6th May, 2007 E-mail article Print article

 

Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala (second right) inspects the weapons surrendered by residents of Mogadishu last week

 

 

By Vision Reporter

and Agencies

 

THE Ugandan peacekeepers, serving in Somalia under the African Union flag, have recovered over 2,000 mines, over 200 guns and three mounted battle-wagons in a voluntary disarmament exercise in Mogadishu which started a week ago.

 

“We have received 2,128 mines, three technicals, 201 SMG rifles, six pistols, four 12.7mm guns, three 23mm guns, one 76mm gun and one anti-aircraft gun,” said the spokesman for the peacekeeping force AMISOM, Capt. Paddy Ankunda, from Mogadishu last night.

 

He explained that most of the weapons were received from businessmen in Mogadishu, who used to have their own militias to protect their lives and businesses and were also the main arms traders.

 

“The weapons are being brought in mainly by members of the business community. We did some mobilisation and they have responded to our call to disarm.”

 

Asked what would happen to the weapons, he said: “We register and document them and keep them in safe custody. In due course, they will be destroyed in the presence of the public so that there is no suspicion that they will end up in the hands of another clan.”

 

The voluntary disarmament is a sign of confidence that peace is returning, Ankunda said. “We know that there is a plan of some elements to use land mines and car bombs to disrupt the present peace. But so far they have been unsuccessful. In the last week we were able to disable three landmines which had been reported to us by civilians.”

 

He called upon other countries which promised to contribute not to let this momentum pass. “The only thing which is missing is for the other contributing countries like Nigeria, Burundi and Ghana to move in. If they could come here soon, they could tap into this support.”

 

In a separate move, Somalia’s armed forces, backed by Ethiopian soldiers, are carrying out regular security sweeps meant to reassure the population of the capital, AFP reports.

 

With direct combat having ended over a week ago, they have turned their attention to searching for arms caches and rooting out rebels in an effort to consolidate control over the city.

 

They have also multiplied road blocks, closing some districts off to traffic.

The insurgents, remnants of the Union of Islamic Courts, remain opposed to the government presence, however, and have formed ad-hoc alliances with clan fighters.

 

According to a Somali human rights group, around 400 people - most of them civilians - died in the last rounds of fighting, in which soldiers sought to stamp out the insurgency.

 

The fear among many of Mogadishu’s inhabitants is that the current attempt to instill order will not hold, and open violence will return. Their determination to hold on to weapons despite the disarmament push has complicated the army’s efforts.

 

Mohammed admitted that bringing security back to the city was slow going. “We have to search house by house. It takes a long time,” he said. “Every day we find bombs, landmines.” He added that 200 people had been arrested in recent days. But the government’s policies in trying to impose security on Mogadishu — a city that has been living in armed chaos since 1991, when it became prey to feuding warlords — has raised hackles.

 

“Peace behind the tanks is not real peace,” Ali Mohali Mohammed, the chief administrator of the city’s Medina hospital, told AFP.

 

Mogadishu’s security problem “will not be solved by force,” he said, reflecting a common opinion in the capital. He added that negotiations should instead take place.

 

The government has shown little patience for that line of reasoning, arguing that the first step to peace is by eliminating the rebels, behind which it claims Al-Qaeda lurks.

 

Only then, it claims, the conditions will be right for the long-awaited “national reconciliation conference,” which is now scheduled for mid-June.

[General Duke]

Ganacsatada Muqdisho oo bilaabay wejiga labaad oo ay dowladda Federaalka ugu wareejinayaan hubkooda iyo Guddoomiyaha Ganacsatada Muqdisho oo ka howlahaasi

 

Xarunta Taliska Booliska Soomaaliyeed waxaa ka dhacday xaflad lagu wareejinayay hub ay lahaayeen Ganacsatada Muqdisho oo galay wejigiisa labaad...

 

Xarunta Taliska Booliska Soomaaliyeed waxaa ka dhacday xaflad lagu wareejinayay hub ay lahaayeen Ganacsatada Muqdisho oo galay wejigiisa labaad, waxaana munaasabadan oo ay goob jog ka ahaayeen Taliyaha ciidamada Booliska Soomaaliyeed Jan. Cabdi Xasan Cawaale (Qeybdiid), Guddoomiyaha gobolka Banaadir ahna duqa magaalada Muqdisho Maxamed Cumar Xabeeb (Max'ed Dheere) iyo madax kale oo ka tirsan Dowladda Federaalka.

 

Wejiga labaad ee ay Ganacsatada Muqdisho ku wareejinayaan hubkooda ayaa isagu ka koobnaa toban qori oo waaweyn, kuwaasoo qaarekood u dhaca darandoori, iyadoo xafladii xil wareejinta ay ka hadleen madax ka tirsan Booliska, maamulka G/Banaadir iyo Ganacsatada Muqdisho oo iyagu hubka wareejinayay.

 

Kadib markii ay dhacday xaflada hub wareejinta waxaa kulan gaar ah yeeshay Taliyaha ciidamada Booliska Soomaaliyeed Jan. Cabdi Qeybdiid iyo dhinaca ganacsatada Muqdisho oo uu hoggaaminayay Guddoomiyahooda Md. C/Kariin Gabeyre, iyagoo ka wadahadlay arrimo ku saabsan hubka ganacsatada Muqdisho, wada shaqeynta dowladda Federaalka iyo ganacsatada iyo sidii ay ganacsatada Muqdisho gacan uga geysan lahaayeen arrimaha nabadgelyada Muqdisho.

 

Md. C/Kariin Gabeyre oo Saxaafadda uga waramayay kulankii ay la yeesheen Taliska ciidamada Booliska iyo waxyaabihii ay uga hadleen waxa uu sheegay ayaa sheegay in hubka ay maanta wareejiyeen uu qeyb ka yahay dhowr shixnadood oo ay leeyihiin Ganacsatada, isagoo sheegay inay hubka haray wareejin doonaan maalmaha soo socda.

 

"Ganacsatadu waxay u arkaan howlahan ay hubka ku wareejinayaan mid horsed u noqoneysa ifafaalaha nabad ku soo dabaalida gobolka Banaadir" ayuu yiri C/Kariin Gabeyre oo sheegay in ganacsatada Muqdisho ka qeyb doonaan sidii dib loogu heli lahaa xasiloonidii iyo kala dambeyntii.

 

 

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[General Duke]

Ciidamada Dowladda Federaalka iyo kuwa Itoobiya oo howlgallo hub uruurin ah ka sameeyay Magaalada Muqdisho

 

Ciidamada Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo kuwa Dowladda Itoobiya ee ku sugan Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa howlgal hub uruurin ah waxay maanta ka fuliyeen xaafado ka mid ah Degmooyinka magaalada Muqdisho, iyagoo intii ay howlgallada ku jireen-na gacan ku soo dhigay hub fudud oo aad u tiro badan.

 

Ciidamadan oo ka howlgalay xaafado ka mid ah Degmooyinka Hodan iyo Huriwaa ee Gobolka Banaadir ayaa waxay ka heleen xaafad u dhow Suuqa Cir Toogte ee Bakaaraha Hub aad u tiro badan oo guryo ku xareysnaa, iyagoo sidoo kalena halkaasi ka kaxeystay labo nin oo hubeysnaa oo lagu sheegay in ay ka tirsanaayeen ilaalada Suuqa Bakaaraha.

 

Sidoo kalena waxay Ciidamadan howlgallo ka sameeyeen xaafado ka mid ah Degmada Huriwaa, halkaasi oo iyana la soo weriyay in guryo ay galeen ay hub ka haleen. Ma jirin wax iska caabin ah oo ay Ciidamadan la kulmeen intii ay ku guda jireen howlgalka hub uruurinta ah.

 

Waa markii ugu horeysay oo ay Ciidamada Dowladda Federaalka iyo kuwa Itoobiyaan ay sameeyaan howlgallo ay guryaha hubka uga baarayaan tan iyo markii ay dagaal kula wareegeen gacan ku heynta Magaalada Muqdisho dabayaaqadii bishii April ee aynu ka soo gudubnay.

 

Howlgalkan Hub uruurinta ah ee ay sameeyeen Ciidamada Dowladda Federaalka iyo kuwa Itoobiya ayaa wuxuu ku soo beegmayaa iyadoo Ra'iisal Wasaaraha Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Prof. Cali Maxamed Geedi uu dhawaan sheegay in aaney dadka rayidka ah hub heysan karin, isla markaana waxa hub isu heysan kara ay noqon karaan labo dowladood.

 

Si kastaba arrintu ha ahaatee, Magaalada Muqdisho ee caasimadda dalka Soomaaliya ayaa waxaa yaala hub fudud oo aad u tiro badan, kaasi oo ay dadku siyaabo kala duwan u qaateen wixii ka dambeeyay markii ay bur burtay Dowladdii uu garwadeenka ka ahaa madaxweynihii hore ee Soomaaliya Marxuum Maxamed Siyaad Barre.

 

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