Mogadishu: 230 civilians killed in street fighting between Al Shabaab AMISOM

[General Duke]

230-qof ku dhintay dagaalada Muqdisho: Hey'ada UNHCR

7 Sep 7, 2010 - 7:54:40 AM

 

Hay'ada UNCR ayaa warbixin ay dagaalada Muqdisho kasoo saartay ku sheegtay in 230-qof oo rayid ah ay ku dhinteen dagaalo laba toddobaad ka badan ku dhexmaryay Muqdisho ciidamada DF oo kaashanaya kuwa AMISOM iyo Al-shabaab.

 

Afhayeenadda UNCHR Melissa Fleming oo saxaafadda la hadashay ayaa sheegtay in xalaada Somalia ay aad u xun tahay, iyadoo sheegtay in dad badan ay dagaalada socda ku qasbeen inay guryahooda ka barakacaan.

 

"Waxaan si cod dheer ah u sheegaynaa in xaalad xun ay ka taagan tahay Muqdisho, taasoo aan weligeed soo marin" ayay tiri Fleming, oo intaas ku dartay: "Dagaallada todobaadyadii lasoo dhaafay socday waxaa ku dhintay 230-qof".

 

Sarkaaladdan waxay sheegtay in 400-qof ay ku dhaawacmeen dagaalada, sidoo kalena ay guryahooda uga barkaceen in ka badan 23,000-qof, kuwaasoo ku biiray dadkii horay ugu sugnaa duuleedyada Muqdisho, halka kuwo kalena ay ka baxeen dalka oo dhan.

 

Daganaasho la'aanta ka taagan Muqdisho waxay sababeen in 200,000-qof ay si khasab ah uga saaraan guryahooda sanadkan oo qura, kuwaasoo qaarkood qoxooti ahaan u galay xeryo ku yaala dalalka Kenya iyo Ethiopia.

 

"Xaaladda amaan ee Muqdisho waa mid aad u xun xiligaan, sidoo kalena waxaa is-hortaag lagu sameeyay howlaha gargaarka caalamiga ah, kuwaasoo si aad u yar uga socda Muqdisho" ayay hadalkeeda ku dartay Fleming.

 

Afhayeenada UNCHR, waxay sheegtay in kumanaanka kun ee ka qaxay Muqdisho aysan qaarkood wadan wax agab ah, kuwo yar oo ka mid ahna ay si dirqi ah ula baxeen joodariyaal ay ku seexdaan iyo alaabo aad u yar.

 

Hay'adu waxay ku eedeysay dhinacyada dagaalamaya inay ka dhigeen Muqdisho meel lama dagaan ah oo aanu qofna ku noolaan karin, sidoo kalena ay duqeymo culus u geystaan dhinacyada ay magaalada kaga sugan yihiin.

 

GAROWE ONLINE

[Thierry Henry]

Personally, I blame the West and AMISOM. TFG is a dead entity in Somalia. It has never worked before and it will work in Somalia. Why are they shoving the throat of Somali people a government that they clearly don’t want?

 

It’s time to put ego’s aside and actually negotiate with Al Shabab. They are winning the fight and the heart and minds of the people. They stabilized most of the South except Xamar.

[General Duke]

^^^You are right, I think the whole thing is a set up so Somalia does not get on its feet ever again.

[Che -Guevara]

Henry...While the international community has done its share of the damage, I think they are not the root cause of the TFG's ineffectiveness. Somalis have every important to make this entity a viable one but pity disputes and personal ambitions made it impossible. The public who are uneducated and ill-formed support their "candidate" who's ill-equipped or simply incompetent. As long as the public including Somali diaspora is favoring tolka before wadanka, we will continue being in this mess.

[General Duke]

GENEVA, September 7 (UNHCR) – UNHCR said Tuesday it was alarmed by the further deterioration in the security situation in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, where fighting between government forces and the Al-Shabaab militia has left more than 230 civilians dead and at least 400 wounded in the past fortnight.

 

UNHCR's chief spokesperson, Melissa Fleming, added that 23,000 people were displaced by the conflict during the same period. "So far this year over 200,000 civilians are estimated to have fled their homes," she told journalists in Geneva.

 

"People who have been able to reach northern Somalia and neighbouring countries are mostly arriving on foot and by small buses and travelling without shelter. They tell our staff that the streets of Mogadishu are completely deserted and that people are too afraid to leave their houses," Fleming said. "In these dangerous and difficult conditions, aid distributions are becoming rare and those who venture out are risking their lives."

 

Making matters worse is that fleeing Mogadishu has become more dangerous. People are giving away their remaining possessions for a seat on a bus out of the city. As they leave the city they face new risks and difficulties en route to Somalia's Puntland in the north or Ethiopia and Kenya to the west and south.

 

With some 7,300 people having reached Yemen by boat this year, the number of Somali arrivals has halved in comparison to the same period last year. Refugees say they have had to pass numerous checkpoints manned by armed groups in Somalia before reaching the towns and villages along Somalia's Gulf of Aden coast, where they board smugglers' boats.

 

"Meanwhile in Kenya, some 37,000 Somali refugees have arrived so far this year. This is down by roughly a third in comparison to the first eight months of 2009," Fleming said. However, UNHCR registered 6,500 new Somali refugees in August – the highest monthly total since June last year.

 

Those who make it to the Kenyan border and register at the Dadaab refugee complex say that many people are staying in makeshift camps for internally displaced people in Somalia as they fear forced recruitment and abuse by militias operating in southern Somalia. In addition, when there is transport, many cannot afford the trip to the border. In many areas, heavy rains have also made roads impassable.

 

Ethiopia is the only country in the region showing a continuing increase in the rate of Somali arrivals. More than 20,000 Somalis have sought safety and shelter there this year, bringing the total Somali refugee population to almost 76,000. Most have either family or clan links in this neighbouring country.

 

Overall, almost 68,000 Somalis have fled this year to countries in the region. After Afghanistan and Iraq, Somalia generates the largest number of refugees in the world. As of the end of August, there were more than 614,000 Somali refugees and over 1.4 million displaced within the country. The collapse of the state, spiraling violence and anarchy, compounded by poverty, has led to one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world and unacceptable suffering of the civilian population.

 

Source: UNHCR