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Tuesday 2 June 2015

Ethiopia border region fighting Must Stop


Governments of Somalia and Ethiopia need to act quickly to end the bloodshed in the border region. Fighting between Ethiopian paramilitary militia and Somali nomads at a border region claimed lives of many within few days.

Direct contact for accurate news is not easy. However, multiple credible but distant sources who have links with the region indicate that over the past few days several dozens have lost their lives and the death toll is rising.

The rural and nomadic population of a vast area had been displaced. Some sources suggest that brutal killing methods had been applied. Boreholes destroyed despite water scarcity in the region.

Ethiopia in particular has the bigger responsibility and also the capability to put the fighting to an end, because most of the killings are taking place inside Ethiopia. In addition to that, Ethiopian forces operate on both sides of the border as part of AMISOM, the African Mission to Somalia.

The longer the hostilities continue the risk is there for the conflict to attract the attention of pretentious armed groups in Somalia to join the conflict and the weaker side would never question the motives of a "helping" hand.

8 comments:

  1. Sxb in aad noo af somaliyeyso ayaa fiicnayd si un badan oon anigu ku jiro ufahanto Aragtideenana u cabirno

    inkasto aaanan fahmin hadana mar hadii itoobiya magaceedu maha ku yaal waa cambaareynayaa..

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  2. Sxb in aad noo af somaliyeyso ayaa fiicnayd si un badan oon anigu ku jiro ufahanto Aragtideenana u cabirno

    inkasto aaanan fahmin hadana mar hadii itoobiya magaceedu maha ku yaal waa cambaareynayaa..

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  3. Kkk waxaan aad ugu qoslay Cambaareynta Keyse Hassan Haddana leh ma fahmin waxa qoran..
    Waxey ku tusaysaa ama (i xasuusinee)Nacaybka soo jireenka ah ee dhex yaal Ethiopian ka iyo Somalida.

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  4. New policy has been committed atrocity crimes against the nomadic society and no one care about it. It has been happening in all over Ogden region

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  5. Dear Yususf Garaad- we syrongly agree if not prevent this Chaos NOW will effect all region which is recovering from dictator or lack of goverment

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  6. Yusuf kuwani aad ka hadashay ma kuwii hore ayey kaaga duwan yihiin oo dubkaa kanaxay waa yaabe.
    Ayaadse boodhka isugu qarin.

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