Rony Brauman criticises UN abuses in Somalia

Rony Brauman criticises UN abuses in Somalia

Rony BRAUMAN, president of Médecins sans frontiére, denounces the brutality of the peacekeepers during the clashes between supporters of General Farah Aidid and the peacekeepers in Mogadishu. He violently questions the UN mission in Somalia: "Initially, it is a military-human commitment. It has become less and less humanitarian and more and more military. Today it has become unacceptable, troops are shooting at demonstrators, civilians, hospitals and they even manage to attack humanitarian teams and journalists." In protest against this mix of military intervention and humanitarian aid, MSF left the country. While the famine has largely been alleviated, the fighting is still killing many. The staff of the NGOs are risking their lives, much more than before, because the Somali armed troops confuse them with the soldiers of the international force considered as an invading army.

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File : Somalia 1992-1995

Publication date : 6 October 1993