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'Ugandan troops kill Somali civilians'
The spokesman of the Hawiye clan has accused Ugandan forces of launching attacks on Somali civilians during the Holy Month of Ramadan. During an exclusive interview with Press TV in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Ahmed Dirie told our correspondent that Ugandan troops, sent to Somalia to help curb violence in the war-torn country, are responsible for the deaths of large numbers of civilians. Dirie, thought of as the Nelson Mandela of Somalia by many of its people, demanded that Uganda withdraw its forces and stop perpetuating violence by the country's Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG). According to Dirie, at least 53 civilians, including women and children, have been taken to hospital in the last 12 hours suffering from serious injuries he says are caused by Ugandan violence in Mogadishu. Uganda has committed around 1600 troops as part of the African Union peacekeeping initiative AMISOM. The Hawiye clan is the dominant clan in Mogadishu and the largest clan in Somalia according to the Central Intelligence Agency and the Human Rights Watch. Posted by: Fred 2008-09-21 |
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