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Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Pull Out of Town Where They Recently Arrived - One IDP Killed
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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
29 February 2008
Posted to the web 29 February 2008
Mogadishu
The Ethiopian troops settled in Abudwaq district of Galgadud region of central Somalia on Thursday have withdrawn from there on Friday residents said.
Residents said that they could see armed vehicles were onboard by Ethiopian soldiers moving out from the locality to the outside of the town.
Its yet unknown the authentic aim behind the Ethiopian troop's sudden departure since they stayed in the quarter no more than one night.
Some reports said that the troop's withdrawal motive was an order-leave from their Ethiopia country. Before the pulling out The Ethiopian officials have also met with the administration of Abud-waq district.
It's the second time that Ethiopian forces have arrived and withdrawn from Abud-waq of Galgadud region within a month. Beginning from their arrival in that district the troops didn't carry out any military maneuver except being in their military campground.
Else where one the internally displaced people was killed in Arbiska area of Afgoi district 30km from the capital on Thursday night" residents said The dead body of the killed man was found in a camp called "Seynab" in an Arbiska area although its unknown the man's killers.
The man who the residents described his Name Mohamed Ali Hassan was estimated, as age 30 yrs was one of the people fled from Mogadishu battles.
It's the first IDP killing occurred in Afgoi district where thousands of
There are also thousands of IDP's huts on the sides of Afgoi stretched road those run away from the capital following the city became closed to lonely situetion following fighting hits and stray bullets and artilleries killed hundreds of Mogadishu residents.
The livelihood of the IDP's is dissimilar from the one they were in living in Mogadishu, because those used to live in stylish houses are now became living matching houses together with the poverty ones, although there some are rather smarter chalets recently built in the district but there living standard entirely distorted compared with their Mogadishu livelihood way.
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Hawa Haji is a mother of six she used live in Mogadishu at home a German style villa house but now she resided a shanty house in Elasha Biyaha area as Shabelle English service visited at her new dwelling scene she told that her livelihood has completely changed although the IDP's are better life than each other for economical reasons.
"I used to live in in Howlwadag district of Mogadishu I runaway from my abode before four months after unharmed mortar landed on our home when I heard sudden bang- Jug, Jug, Jug, Jug, Jug- and ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. Ta firing of guns I didn't decide to stay on in Mogadishu at that time and I had to moved out on the next early morningf from it" Hawa said sitting in her new-unsatisfied house.
Also the IDP's have expressed concern about United Nation's decision towards the wrapping up of its activities in Somalia since they used to obtain some caring items including foodstuff, hut shadowed plastic bags and others from the organization as the charity told that there were security reasons causing the pull out of its international workers and activities from Somalia.
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