SHASNA MediaWatch
[February
25, 2002]
Boston, MA
News
Event of the Week
MARKA
- Feb 22, 2002 (Click here - Yamayska News in Somali):
Galkayo, Puntland: Yamayska News
report on the murder of Verena Karer
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English translation of Yamayska report by SHASNA:
MARKA - Feb 22, 2002 (Yamayska) - As confirmed by the BBC, Verena
Karer, a European aid worker was today murdered in the port town of
Marka. She was allegedly murdered by two unknown assailants.
Verena Karer, a sixty year old aid worker has been in Marka since
early nineties, and she was murdered while Mr. Randolph Kent of the UN
and a delegation he was leading were in town.
Mr. Kent whose last day on the job is February 28th, is well known for
his one sided meddling and inappropriate interference in Somali clan
politics, and of course his unwavering support of the Arta group that
he helped create. According to people familiar with the situation,
this is one of many unfortunate incidents that Mr. Kent has been in
the midst of, and can also be concluded is an ugly and a miserable
good-bye for the UN official.
The murder has deeply saddened the people of Marka in particular and
the civil society of the Shabeelada Hoose region in general, and they
insist that they are indeed peaceful people. They vehemently insist
that the murderers of the aid worker are none other than the invaders
of Marka and surroundings; the same invaders that Mr. Randolph Kent is
always supporting and acting on their behalf, which according to them,
clearly conveys the message that he, Mr. Kent and his UN offices,
support the illegal confiscation of their land, farms and properties.
Twelve years since eruption of the Somali civil war, Marka and
surroundings has been illegally appropriated by militias from other
regions of Somalia who initially came to the region as clan fighters
[A. Salad Hassan's sub-clan], then Islamic courts [led by Col. Hassan
Dahir Aweys, US most wanted list and a close cousin of A. Salad
Hassan] and now claim to be full fledged members of Somali
transitional government [Arta group led by A. Salad Hassan.]
[END]
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Prior SHASNA reports:
[March 9, 2001]
The INVADERS: Demise of Banaadir and Environs
Facts about the civil war, Mogadishu and surroundings
SHASNA
Special - click here: The INVADERS...