As we write, our capital city is sealed off by AMISOM forces whose declared mission is peace keeping, but in reality they are protecting and imposing an illegitimate and illicit government. AMISOM forces, from Uganda and Burundi butcher Somali people on a daily bases. Two thirds of Mogadishu, once the beautiful capital city of Somalia, has been destroyed by constant bombardments and indiscriminate shelling by Ugandan tanks, cannons, artilleries and all sorts of military hardware.

Almost all of Mogadishu’s neighborhoods have been greatly damaged or entirely demolished beyond recognition. Tens of thousands of innocent civilians have been murdered and maimed; our women have been systematically raped, another hundreds of thousands have been uprooted and displaced.

Somali people have been polarized and divided into feuding factions. Ethiopian & Ugandan Leaderships are deliberately classifying Somalis in to two categories:

a) Docile and good collaborators of the regional international community.

b) Renegade and peace spoilers who are branded as Islamic Fanatic Terrorists.

Somali people will not forgive or forget these atrocious war crimes and crimes against humanity that Ugandan and Ethiopian leaderships have committed against them. The Somali people expect justice to be served for them by bringing those responsible in to International Criminal Court no matter how high their positions or statuses are.

We call the attention of African head of States, participants of AU summit in Kampala to take appropriate and thoughtful political decisions that promote peace and reconciliation in Somalia; not militarisation and more bloodshed policies that could jeopardise the stability of the Horn of Africa sub-region, with the following main ingredients:

We, Somalis would like to see the African governments play more positive role in Somalia. Unlike the current trend of militarisation and assisting a mirage government, a role that promotes peace and reconciliation would be more productive and most appropriate to play for the African leadership in Somalia. Alternatively they should refrain from interference of Somali affairs and leave Somalia for the Somalis.

We believe Muslims and non-Muslim faiths lived in Africa for thousands of years in harmony and peaceful co-existence and continue do so. Thus any ill intentions to inflame religious hatred and conflict will be futile to disturb this equilibrium.

While we condemn the killings of innocent people wherever they are in the world, we would like to re-assure President Museveni and the rest of African leaders in Kampala that the Somali people will be united to defend their country forcefully and fiercely from any foreign aggression and/or military occupation to Somalia.

End of press release.