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Aweys Osman Yusuf
14 January 2007
Mogadishu, (Sh.M.Network) -Somali government spokesperson Abdirahman Dinari has told journalists in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday that government and Ethiopian troops have successfully launched house-to-house search operations in the capital.
“The troops have searched several neighborhoods in Mogadishu receiving a large number of small and big guns, AK47 and BKM machineguns. “During the operations, the soldiers seized seven armed robberies, who set up a roadblock in streets of north Mogadishu”, he said.
Dinari has also indicated that two African Union observers came to Somalia on Saturday to assess the current situation in the country.
“Dr. Kombusa, Kenyan and Brimitakola a south African are in Mogadishu now to confer with senior government and military officers. They will evaluate where the upcoming African peacekeeping troops will be positioned”, he said.
He stressed that four countries were ready to provide troops for Somalia. “Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria and Malawi are ready to send their troops to Somalia for peacekeeping mission. As soon as those troops arrive, the Ethiopian troops will leave the country”, he added.
The news comes as the country has entered the first day of martial law that was declared by the Somali transitional parliament on Saturday.
Malawi reportedly promised it would send troops to Somalia to help the transitional government based in Baidoa and Mogadishu.
Other countries that might offer peacekeepers to Somalia include Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Benin and Ghana.