Ethiopia - Somalia - Somali woman says soldiers raped her

March 13, 2007 (The Washington Times UPI Wire Reports) - A Somali woman says she was raped and beaten by Ethiopian soldiers.
Suuban Maalin Ali Hassan and her husband held a news conference Tuesday at their home, Shabelle Media Network reported. She told reporters that two soldiers stopped her Saturday as she drove her donkey cart near Elirfid, northeast of Mogadishu.
They stopped me under gunpoint and forcibly held me to the ground and then everything went against my willing, she said. Her husband, Ahmed Ali Hassan, said that he took his wife to Keysaney Hospital after her return home. The doctor who examined his wife advised the couple to abstain from sex for at least six months because of the risk that she could have been infected with HIV and also advised her to stop breastfeeding her baby for the same reason.

Kenya blundered in clossing Somalia border

BY JOHN CHERUIYOT (Kenya Times) - The Muslim community in Mombasa recently demonstrated against the government on what they perceive as the marginalization of their community .They blamed the government for sending Muslims Kenyans to Somalia in the name of terrorists.
The closing of the Kenya-Somalia border to stop the fleeing refugees from entering into Kenya was unfortunate. Rafael Tuju Kenya ’s Foreign Affairs Minister did not handle the issue prudently.
Indeed if current foreign diplomacy whereby our borders are closed deliberately to keep off refugees fleeing from civil wars; if this policy was used in the past many Sudanese, many Ugandans, many Rwandees,Congolese and Ethiopians would have starved to death or been vulnerable to warring factions in their respective nations. Today Sudanese hold Kenya and Kenyans in high esteem. At their moment of need we gave them refuge. Kenya gave refuge to senior refugees like Museveni and the late John Garang and senior members of SPLA. .
The forty-four years of so-called political stability are not reflected economically. Kenyans today are globe-trekking looking for greener pastures. Thousands have left this country in search of economic prosperity.
The Sudanese propelled Logichogio to international prominence. This tiny city in the jungles of Turkana district would not have been what it is today if the Moi government had shut out the Sudanese refugees from entering the country. Kenya in a big way has benefited from the generous support it gave to its neighbours.The Somali refugees transformed Nairobi’s Eastleigh suburb into Dubai of Kenya. The billions of Kenya shillings that were used to turn Eastleigh into what it is today would not have been possible if the Moi regime had shut our Somali brothers from investing in this nation. Indeed it should be noted that the Somalis are dare devil investors.
The boundaries separating our neighbouring nations were not our creation. It was the product of the Berlin conference of 1884.It split Africa into the current conglomeration of nations in the process putting asunder communities. It split the Masai into two. It split the Oromo into two. The same is true for the Luo, the Luhya, the Kalenjin and the Kuria.They were split between nations. Hence in the 21centruy African communities should really re-address the issue of the Berlin conference with a view to redrawing African boundaries from the African perspective.
Somalia has been at war for decades without any nation bothering to help them out. Somalia is a unique country in Africa. It was split during the Berlin conference into two. Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland. When the Italians were defeated during World War II Italian Somaliland came under the UN trusteeship. On July 1, 1960 both British and Italian Somaliland merged to create the Republic of Somalia . Imagine if Kenya was split into two.
Anarchy became the order of the day. Americans sent 28,000 soldiers through Operation Restore Hope in 1992. They failed miserably. The armed groups killed American soldiers and shot UN helicopters. And that was the end of any international effort to restore order in Somalia. Since the ousting of Dictator Siad Barre in 1990 Somalia has been hell on earth. Somalia is a strategic nation in the Horn of Africa. Militarily it is positioned well. Its natural resources place it in a strategic economic position. It is a potential oil producer. It has uranium, iron ore, tin, gypsum and bauxite. It is a home for bananas, mangoes, sugarcane, maize and sorghum. It is a land of cattle, sheep and goats.
Her trading partners in 1994 included Saudi Arabia 57%, Kenya 24%, Djibuti 18%, Yemen 14%, Italy and Pakistan 6%. Somalia is a key neighbor economically, politically and religiously. Ethnically Somalia is 85% Somali and the rest Bantu with 30,000 Arabs.
Kenya must be ready to invest in the people of Somalia more importantly because the future of our region hinges on economic and political stability of the region. Furthermore the need for a federation of the Eastern Africa to include Somalia, Djibuti, Ethiopia and Eritrea is possible futuristic scenario.
Somalia is a key trading partner with Kenya hence the closing of the border particularly to shut out refugees was a unwise.
The Kibaki government should not have been too harsh to the Somali refugees. They were fleeing for dear life. They were not coming empty handed. They were coming with their talents and resources. Kenyan leadership should see a bigger picture while it relates with its neighbours. Countries now ravaged by instability are Kenya ’s future

Oromos are fed to wild beasts in their own homeland

Oromos are fed to wild beasts in their own homeland


The ongoing atrocities perpetuated by the Ethiopian minority regime against the Oromo people took a new turn recently when 19 Oromos (age ranging from 14yrs teen to 70yrs old elderly man) were murdered and their corpses were intentionally disposed in beast-infested jungle for hyena consumption. The corpses of 19 Oromos were fully eaten up by hyenas and their relatives were left with no remains for burial.

In any civilized human culture dead bodies are dignified and human remains deserve dignified burial. In stark contrast with such universal humane standards, our people are being hunted in their own homes, massacred in mass and their remains are fed to wild beasts by a regime devoid of any human dignity. This inhumane act of cruelty is in accordance with the recent declaration by Prime Minister Melles Zenawi in which he criminalized any association with the Oromo Liberation Front, legalizing mass murder as a result of political views. The first phase of the mass killing mission has been executed in Eastern Oromia zone under the banner of "eliminating opposition supports". We have earlier reported the murders taken place around the hills known as Suufii and Daalacha, in Mi'essoo district, in which more than 20 innocent people were killed.

The names of people fed to wild animals, those tortured beyond recovery and those languishing in concentration camps are compiled as follows:

a) Those fed to hyena


Name
Age
Sex
Locality
District
Education
1
Ayihsaa Aliyyii
14
F
Mi’eesso
Mi’eesso

2
Ahmad Mahammad Kurree
70
M
Mi’eesso
Mi’eesso

3
Adam Abdukariim
32
M
Mi’eesso
Mi’eesso

4
Adam Ammee Yaasuuf
35
M
Huusee
“Mi’eesso

5
Ahamad Abrahim (boruu)
30
M
Mi’eesso
Mi’eesso

6
Mahamad Eeliyaas Guutoo
28
M
Daalachoo
Mi’eesso

7
Yaasuf Ibroo
34
M
Asabooti
Mi’eesso

8
Ahmad Abduraman
37
M
Asabooti
Mi’eesso

9
Abdallaa Mahamad Beruu
25
M
Faayoo
Mi’eesso
Grade 10
10
Mahamad Aliyyii Turee
30
M
Ciro
Ciro

11
Adinaan Mahammad
22
M
Galamso
Habroo
Grade 12
12
Ahmad Mahamad
36
M
Gubbaa Qorichaa
Gubbaa qoricha

13
Ahmad Korreaa
-
M

Doobbaa

14
Ahmad Aliyyii
14
M
Doobbaa
Doobbaa
Grade 8
15
Ahmad shankoor
18
M

Tuullo
Grade 10
16
Ahmad Eeliyaas
-
M

Mi’eesso

17
Ibrahim Badhaasoo
-
M

Habroo

18
Mohammad Saanii
-
M

Doobbaa

19
Ahamad Abraahim
-
M

Mi’eesso
Grade 9

b) Those tortured beyond recovery

1) Ahmad Abdullee
2) Mahamad Habroo
3) Abdujaliil Abdallaa
4) Mahamad Sofiyaan
5) Abdallaa Dawid
6) Ibsaa Aadam
7) Mahdii Aliyyii
8) Gadaa Mahamad
9) Kalid Aliyyii
10) Kimiyaa Aadam
11) Faatumaa Mahamad
12) Muntahaa
13) Faatumaa Zaaraa

c) Those languishing in concentration camps in Mi'eesso


Name
Education
1
Usmaan Tuqoo

2
Bokkuu Burtaa
Student at Haramaya University
3
Abdallaa Mahamadee

4
Husseen Ahmad

5
Kaarruu Bishee

6
Badhaasoo Mahamad

7
Abdallaa Abraahim

8
Aadam Abdullaa

9
Yaassin Ibraoo



We would to renew our call on to the international community to break the silence about the massacre of the Oromo people and exert their outmost effort to stop this human tragedy.

Oromo Liberation Front –Infodesk
March 11, 2007