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| MSF demands end to civilian deaths in Somalia |
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| News - Human Rights |
| Thursday, 04 February 2010 10:13 |
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Nairobi/Mogadishu Humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, MSF) on Wednesday called on all parties in Somalia's bloody conflict to minimize civilian casualties as it treated dozens of women and children injured in recent fighting. Fighting has flared up again in the last few weeks as Islamist insurgent groups al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam push to topple the weak Western-backed government. "The situation in Mogadishu is incredibly complex and all parties are to blame for the high numbers of deaths and injuries, but indiscriminate shelling into densely populated areas is totally unacceptable." MSF said it had admitted 89 people suffering from blast injuries to its hospital between January 29 and February 2, 52 of them women and children. Al-Shabaab, which earlier this week announced it was joining with al-Qaeda's international Jihad", launches frequent attacks in the capital as it tries to oust the government, which is propped up by a force of just over 5,000 Ugandan and Burundian peacekeepers. Government forces respond by shelling into the heavily populated areas from where the insurgents launch their attacks. Almost half of the 1,137 people admitted to MSF's Daynile Hospital suffering from blast injuries in 2009 were women and children under the age of 14. Local rights groups say that over 20,000 people have been killed since the current insurgency kicked off in early 2007 after Ethiopian forces invaded to oust an Islamist regime that ruled for six months in 2006. Somalia has been embroiled in chaos since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. Source: earthtimes.org  Share this article with others:      The comment section is restricted to members only. |
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