Southern Somalis caught between the hammer of Al-Shabaab and the vise of Sheikh Sharif

The news of a single day is enough to shed light on the incredible suffering that is going in southern Somalia. On Thursday, March 25th, the news from Mogadishu was that Sheikh Sharif’s militia destroyed five hundred shacks and the families who lived in those shacks were left homeless …


What was the international community’s response to Asha Haji Muhammad’s (homeless) plea? It responded by delivering a consignment of weapons and other military assistance to Sheikh Sharif’s militia on that same day.

Sheikh Sharif’s militia is not the only ones who are tormenting the civilian population of the south. The Islamic extremists al-Shabaab are doing their part too … by digging the graves of well-known and respected Somali Sheiks, pulling out what remained of their bones and skulls, then destroyed their graves…

… Mogadishu in particular, where the people are caught between the hammer of al-Shabaab and the vise of Sheikh Sharif. The popular website Dayniile.com said it best: ‘the government is making people who are alive become refugees, while the opposition is making the dead become refugees.’

Source: THE SOMALILAND TIMES