Garowe Online (Garowe)
1 January 2009
SANA'Somalia's interim Prime Minister Nur "Adde" Hassan Hussein has defended an ongoing security operation led by Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.
Prime Minister Nur Adde, who is currently in Yemen to attend the Sana'a Forum, said the Somali government is "aware" of the recent arrest of Mohamed Dheere, Mogadishu's former mayor.
"All the security operations led by Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu and elsewhere [in Somalia] are intended to restore order and will continue," the Prime Minister said.
He did not provide an official reason for Mohamed Dheere's arrest, but press reports have repeatedly linked the arrest to Prime Minister Nur Adde's efforts to disarm powerful warlords.
Disarmament
On Thursday, Ethiopian troops raided the home of Gen. Mohamed Darwish, Somalia's national intelligence boss and a close ally of resigned President Abdullahi Yusuf.
Reliable sources confirmed to Radio Garowe that the soldiers confiscated weapons and vehicles from Gen. Darwish's residence.
Also, Somali soldiers loyal to ex-President Yusuf at the Villa Somalia presidential compound reportedly vacated checkpoints in Wardhigley district and were replaced by Ethiopian troops.
Separately, Qadijo Mohamed Dirie, a Somali lawmaker, has called "illegal" a document from Prime Minister Nur Adde's office demanding that she surrender four vehicles.
But MP Qadijo claims she personally owns the vehicles.
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There is no formular to solve the muddy situation in Somalis crisis. How to get the military authority abide by the international regulations, seems unexpected. The U.N.envoys should seek some other effetive ways, to alert their African counterparts, about the damage possiblely caused by their ignorance.
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