Mogadishu Terror

Somali is suffering more now under occupation and surging violence than it did under the old brutal Somali worlords. Terror attacks being waged by Ethiopian occupation brought untold miseries and hardships to the Somali people. The attacks added fuel into the fire of hardships and miseries being inflicted into the Somali people over the past few months.



The most brutal side of the terrorist threat to the Somali people was in the form of daily attacks and bomb blasts that strike streets, homes, markets and other crowded areas in various parts of Mogadishu, claiming precious lives of hundreds of people. An average 200 somali civilians, including women and children, die on a daily basis over the past few months.

The number of people, who have been killed by Ethiopians and TFG soldiers, reached 7,000. These continues attacks and destruction of properties have forced one million people to flee the Mogadushu. There are five hundred thousand Somali refugees in the neighboring countries in addition to another one million who have been internally displaced in the country.




The Ethiopian-led war and the Insurgents' attacks have also left tens of thousands of women and children widows and orphans. These also aggravated the plight of Somali civilians who are living in fear and miseries and many of them suffering from psychic disorders. Nearly one third of the 10 million population of Somali are living below poverty line.

The unemployment rate is on the increase on an alarming level currently hitting 90%. This was mainly because of the destruction of infrastructure facilities and halting of commercial and economic activities due to the deteriorating situation and surging violence in the country. Even Somali businessmen are not ready to make investments in their homeland.




It is estimated that 1,000 Somali wealthy men and women had left the country for neighboring countries in fear of Ethiopian attacks and instable environment. One-fourth of Somali children lack nutrition food and about 100,000 boys and girls stopped going to school due to the volatile security situation and recurrent Ethiopian and TFG terror attacks in Mogadishu. Hundreds of professionals, including doctors, and teachers have also become victims of the heinous terror crimes.

The Ethiopian attacks posed a catastrophe for the medical field also. Tens of doctors and non-medical staff, including 66 doctors from Mogadushu, have fled the country in fear of Ethiopian attacks and threats. The vicious cycle of terror violence has also left 300,000 of children orphans, and many of them resorted to begging for making a livelihood.




Thousands of Somali women became widows and they are suffering to make both ends' meet. Surging violence has also produced negative impact on the neighboring countries, especially in the field of commercial and trade activities. There has been a sharp decline in the volume of exports to Somali from these countries.

Some of 70 percent of Somali families are reeling under occupation and wave of TFG terror violence. More than four million Somali s are now living away from home, including about 1,000,000 who fled the war-torn country since the Ethiopian-led war violence intensified just over few months ago. About 2 million refugees are living in Kenya.

The displacement includes 700,000 people who are living in other part of Somalia, most of whom are sheltering with friends and relatives who have little space or food to share. Most of the refugees and the internally displaced live in acute poverty with little access to health and education.

Kenya is the worst sufferer as they are struggling to cope with thousands of Somali refugees fleeing into these countries. To put in a nutshell, Ethiopian terrorists are neither going to achieve their goal of taking control of Mogadishu nor winning the hearts of various sections of people after inflicting serious damage to the people and properties of the Somali nation, which was once the cradle of human civilization. The people of Somalia will resist not only the occupying power but the TFG terrorists as well.