The Latest Report of the War in Somalia

By EPHRC

Somali children line up to receive food at an aid distribution center in the outskirts of

The instability existed in Somalia is immensely augmenting and strengthening day after day. There are armed forces that deeply refuse the policy of the government and the presence of the foreign forces in country. It seems that both sides are not awake to meet and solve the crisis with acceptable negotiation and every group is claiming some condition which the other groups dissatisfies and rejects to approve. Several peace reconciliation and negotiation were called but none was realized ignoring the mass population who were thirsty for order and law. The federal government after establishment called the Ethiopian troops to protect the government but did not pandered how the government will rule the country and bring back the government system in  the country because the existing opposition forces in the country were not talked  about.

After the Ethiopian troops entered in the country the people did not welcome their arrival in to Somalia because there was a historical loathsome between the two nations. The hate for he Ethiopian troops son changed to be reacted in to practical action which became armed struggle against the Ethiopian forces. Hit and escape fighting stared gradually that later on turned to face to face conflicts. Every conflict was happening in the capital city affecting specially the poor innocent people who were reckoned as no existing. Whenever the Ethiopian troops are waged to attack they respond with firing heavy guns such as canons and mortals of high range which in fact afflicts death and injuries to the public people.

For the sake of the constant wars many districts of Mogadishu were evacuated by the people choosing to live in far areas from the warring sites. Houses were demolished by the exchanging fires while on the other hand the government imposed curfew to the city in the nights and most of the confrontation take place in the nights as the insurgents plan to implement their assaults on the Ethiopian troops in the nights. Any civilian people wounded in this time will die for lack of getting first aid service because of the curfew which prevents any movements in nights.        

The insurgents using various strategic tactics different from the previous one started to deploy remote controlled land mines deploy in the roads where the Ethiopian army trucks pass that exploded the mines which causes death to the Ethiopian troops and destruction of their vehicles. In the meantime the Ethiopian accustomed to open fire to any one they meet in that area of explosion. This became the attacks to be carried on to the Ethiopians in the day time excluding the night attacks.

The opposition groups gained more power to recapture some regions of the country chasing the government appointed commissioners the insurgent also targeted those who support or work or presumed to have secret collaboration with the government. In certain they give warning to some individuals to avoid contacting with the government and this hastened the resign many individual who held different cabinets in the government after they receive the warnings from the insurgents.

The Ethiopian troops commenced to make investigations in the area they suspected to be hiding by the armed insurgents arresting the youths but did not achieved to stop the attacks of the insurgents. The raids on Ethiopian troops continued day and night and ultimately forced the Ethiopian to kill eerie one they see indiscriminately. The worst conflict occurred at the area of livestock market where the Ethiopian killed religious scholars in a mosque known as Al-Hidaya at Wahara Adde village.

Beletweine district of Hiran regions was completely handed over by the armed Islamic Union Courts (ICU). The commissioner and other administrators slip in to mention territory of Musthil located at the border between Ethiopian and Somalia. The Ethiopian previously controlled the district of Buloburte where they chased the ICU armies that once seized the town. The ICU also handed over the control of Middle Shabelle regions ate thy successfully captured Jowhar town and drove out the government administration. Various calls for negotiation were formed but all have fallen in deaf ears because the determination of the insurgents was to remove the foreign forces in the country and this was the only condition of the insurgent's proposal. On the side of the government, it restrained to agree the proposals of the insurgents.         

That increased to double the velocity of the wars and crisis of the country after the insurgents spread their struggle throughout the country this will vanguard to happen violations of human rights and female and child abuse. This worried the center of Elman that activates for the protection of human rights.

Let's give a look to the augmenting conflicts in various areas and crisis afflicted to the innocent people.

It was on 7 May 2008 when Ethiopian caravan troops traveled to Hiran regions. As they reached at Garansiyaani and Nor Fanah, the insurgents who sniped there took a sudden assault to the Ethiopian army where they caused a great damage to the Ethiopian army. Later on the Ethiopian took retaliation measure killing the civilian people inhabited at villages of Garansiyaani and Nor Fanah. There the Ethiopian killed 21 civilian people who did not involved in the conflicts.

At the same date the Ethiopian were caught in an abrupt fighting in Lower Shabelle regions particularly between Yaaq Biri weyne and Baliidogle airport. In this area two heavy army vehicles owned by the Ethiopian were exploded and many of their troops were killed by the Islamic insurgents from and ambush attack. And emergency troops reached at the site that started to slaughter the inhabitants of the villages of Yaaq Biri Weyne. The Ethiopians pervaded in to the forest and hit the nomad people who were keeping their livestock and then slaughtered 9 of the livestock raisers. The wars as increasing cause the violations inflicting to the civilian nomads who do not involve in the conflicts.

Since the wars between the Ethiopians and groups of insurgents broke out many innocent civilian people were killed and no one every talked about whether the international human rights organizations of international community. Only the local human rights organizations discuss these events of human rights. If the negotiations are realized, the violations and displacement will deeply increase and many towns will be evacuated by the people.

The violations do not contain here because whenever conflicts occur the main damages will reach the innocent people. The Ethiopian troops in recent times started to respond in revenge to the civilian people if they re raided by the insurgent who wage an ambush attacks to the troops.

Therefore Elman Peace & Human Rights Center call  to all the international human rights groups,  international communities including UN agencies and European Community countries to afflict hand how to assuage the violation taking place in Somalia..

The confrontation is mainly attributed the misunderstanding between the opposition and transitional federal government. None of them mobilized to respond the calls proposed to them. The intervention of international community would assure to reach an agreement between the two groups fighting in the capital city.    

The appointment of the meeting impended to hold in Djibouti, the international organization and UN agencies are promoted to realize the achievement of the meeting in order to get a solution for the misunderstanding and concentrate the groups concerned to the Somali issues.

Ultimately Elman Peace & Human Rights Center (EPHRC) call and propose to the international communities and UN agencies  to defend the civilian people affected by the problems of the wars and need for emergency aid and to retrospect the violations against human rights  and it must be recognized  by those committing the war crimes  in order the people know that the international community is ready and afflict hand the fundamental defense of rights  such as health, water, security the innocent people to get reliable sources of the above indicated articles.

 

 
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