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Conflict in Somalia killed 6,501 civilians in the capital Mogadishu
in 2007
31/12/2007,
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Conflict in Somalia killed 6,501 civilians in the capital Mogadishu
in 2007 and wounded 8,516 more, a local human rights group said on Monday.
The Elman Peace and Human Rights Organization said it had recorded 1.5 million people
uprooted from homes in the city during a year that began with the toppling of an Islamist
movement that was followed by an insurgency.
The group's chairman, Sudan Ali Ahmed, blamed Ethiopian forces supporting the interim
Somali government for many of the civilian deaths. Residents are often caught in the
crossfire as Ethiopian soldiers battle Islamist-led guerrillas.
"The international community must intervene in Somali affairs to force the Ethiopians to
get out. At the same time they must bring a joint international peacekeeping force to
secure the country," Ahmed told a news conference.
He said he believed the United States was funding Ethiopia to keep its troops in Somalia,
and must take some of the blame.
The Horn of Africa nation has been mired in lawlessness since warlords ousted dictator
Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991. The transitional government is the country's 14th attempt
at restoring central government since then.
(Reporting by Aweys Yusuf and Abdi Sheikh; Writing by Daniel Wallis, Editing by Matthew Jones)
Source: Reuters, Dec 31, 2007
Source: Reuters, Jan 01, 2008
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