{"id":4510,"date":"2023-03-04T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4510"},"modified":"2023-03-04T16:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:07:32","slug":"doctors-in-disputed-somaliland-town-say-at-least-145-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/politics\/doctors-in-disputed-somaliland-town-say-at-least-145-dead\/2023\/03\/04\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors in disputed Somaliland town say at least 145 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU,<\/span> Somalia<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> The<\/span> director<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> hospital<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> disputed<\/span> town<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Somaliland<\/span> region<\/span> says<\/span> two<\/span> months<\/span> between<\/span> armed<\/span> rebels<\/span> and<\/span> Somaliland’s<\/span> security<\/span> forces<\/span> after<\/span> local<\/span> elders<\/span> expressed<\/span> their<\/span> intentions.<\/span> It<\/span> said<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 145<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> fighting.<\/span> Reunification<\/span> with<\/span> Somalia.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Dr<\/span> Abdimajid<\/span> Suguru<\/span> of<\/span> Ras<\/span> Anod<\/span> Public<\/span> Hospital<\/span> told<\/span> The<\/span> Associated<\/span> Press<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> that<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 1,080<\/span> people<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> injured<\/span> and<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 100,000<\/span> families<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> evacuated<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Ras<\/span> Anod<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> December.<\/span> Most<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> civilians<\/span> fled,<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>He<\/span> accused<\/span> the<\/span> Somaliland<\/span> army<\/span> of<\/span> destroying<\/span> hospital<\/span> laboratories,<\/span> blood<\/span> banks<\/span> and<\/span> clinics<\/span> with<\/span> mortar<\/span> fire.<\/span> \u201cSomaliland<\/span> forces<\/span> stationed<\/span> outside<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> have<\/span> indiscriminately<\/span> shelled<\/span> civilians<\/span> and<\/span> medical<\/span> facilities.<\/span> Not<\/span> a<\/span> day<\/span> goes<\/span> by<\/span> without<\/span> shelling<\/span> and<\/span> casualties,”<\/span> he<\/span> told<\/span> the<\/span> Associated<\/span> Press<\/span> by<\/span> phone.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Somaliland’s<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Defense<\/span> denies<\/span> shelling<\/span> the<\/span> hospital<\/span> and<\/span> says<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> is<\/span> “uninterruptedly<\/span> committed”<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> ceasefire<\/span> declared<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 10.<\/span> The<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span> and<\/span> international<\/span> partners<\/span> said<\/span> last<\/span> month:<\/span> “Indiscriminate<\/span> shelling<\/span> of<\/span> civilians<\/span> is<\/span> unacceptable<\/span> and<\/span> must<\/span> be<\/span> stopped.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Somaliland<\/span> separated<\/span> from<\/span> Somalia<\/span> 30<\/span> years<\/span> ago<\/span> and<\/span> is<\/span> seeking<\/span> international<\/span> recognition<\/span> as<\/span> an<\/span> independent<\/span> state.<\/span> Somaliland<\/span> and<\/span> Somalia’s<\/span> Puntland<\/span> province<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> fighting<\/span> over<\/span> Ras<\/span> Anod<\/span> for<\/span> years,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> eastern<\/span> city<\/span> is<\/span> under<\/span> Somaliland’s<\/span> control.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> UN<\/span> Somali<\/span> delegation<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> UN<\/span> Office<\/span> for<\/span> Human<\/span> Rights<\/span> said<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 80<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> violence<\/span> in<\/span> Ras<\/span> Anod<\/span> from<\/span> 28<\/span> December<\/span> to<\/span> 28<\/span> February,<\/span> and<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 450<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> non-combatants,<\/span> including<\/span> medical<\/span> workers,<\/span> were<\/span> killed.<\/span> said<\/span> a<\/span> member<\/span> was<\/span> injured.<\/span> The<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span> has<\/span> demanded<\/span> respect<\/span> for<\/span> health<\/span> workers<\/span> and<\/span> unhindered<\/span> access<\/span> to<\/span> humanitarian<\/span> assistance.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> conflict<\/span> in<\/span> Ras<\/span> Anod<\/span> began<\/span> when<\/span> an<\/span> unidentified<\/span> gunman<\/span> killed<\/span> a<\/span> popular<\/span> young<\/span> politician<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Somaliland<\/span> opposition<\/span> as<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> leave<\/span> a<\/span> mosque.<\/span> Protests<\/span> against<\/span> Somali<\/span> officials<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> army<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> continued.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Somaliland<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> blamed<\/span> the<\/span> riots<\/span> on<\/span> fighters<\/span> linked<\/span> to<\/span> “anti-peace<\/span> groups<\/span> and<\/span> terrorism”,<\/span> and<\/span> extremist<\/span> groups<\/span> with<\/span> ties<\/span> to<\/span> al-Qaeda,<\/span> which<\/span> he<\/span> claims<\/span> al-Shabab<\/span> helped<\/span> in<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> attacks.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – The director of a hospital in a disputed town in the Somaliland region says two months between armed rebels and Somaliland’s security forces after local elders expressed their intentions. It said at least 145 people were killed in the fighting. Reunification with Somalia. Dr Abdimajid Suguru of Ras Anod Public Hospital […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,779],"tags":[893,1459,1460,1461,1462],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-3.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4512,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4510\/revisions\/4512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}