The numbers of civilian casualties keep rising as the residents find more bodies lying in the streets. The people of Kismaayo had been terrorized in the past three days; they live under oppression and tyranny as we speak. Kenya has broken the mandate of the amisom troops in Somalia, which was restricted for peace keeping only. We demand an end of the atrocities and complete withdrawal of the Kenyan soldiers in Kismaayo.

On November 18, 2009 an unnamed woman was stoned to death at Eel-boon in Wajid district, 330 kilometres southwest of Mogadishu. She was sentenced by an Islamic court after she was found guilty of adultery.

The woman was taken to a square, her body half buried and then stoned.

A crowd was present as well as officials of al-Shabaab, an Islamist movement that opposes the Transitional Federal Government and controls a large territory in Southern and Central Somalia.

We have to stop it now, no more violence...

"We are in a very difficult and dangerous situation. We are being forced to choose between reporting on what is happening and our lives," Hamdi Kadiye, an executive member of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUJOS), told IRIN.

The killing on 7 June of the Radio Shabelle director Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe has added to pressure on journalists in the capital.

"All we do is cover the story. We don’t side with any group, but the fighting groups want to silence us to make sure no one hears or sees the suffering they are causing," she added.

She said many journalists had left because "they no longer felt they could carry out their duties".

She admitted that Somalia's story may be lost in the process, but said: "You cannot ask someone to continue when you know their life is in serious danger."

Since late 2006, when Ethiopian troops backing the Transitional Federal Government ousted the Union of Islamic Courts, dozens of Somali journalists have been killed, five of them this year alone, or forced into exile due to the ongoing fighting in the capital.

Ali Sheikh Yassin, deputy chairman of the Mogadishu-based Elman Human Rights Organisation (EHRO), told IRIN that journalists were in even "more danger now than at any time in the past".

He said harassment and intimidation of journalists had increased this year. "We get reports of journalists getting anonymous calls and SMSs [text messages] threatening them."

Residents of Mogadishu who have been affected by the recent fighting....

If this trend of journalists being killed or forced to flee continued, many independent media would be shut down, he added.

"Unfortunately, many of the radio stations and even the TV stations will close for lack of staff. There is a real danger that the independent media will be no more," said Yassin.

That would be a catastrophe for the Somali people and particularly for the people of Mogadishu, he said, adding that the fighting groups could achieve their aim. "They are keen to keep the world from knowing the crimes being committed and the humanitarian disaster their actions and activities are creating."

A civil society activist, who requested anonymity, told IRIN that both sides in the conflict were worried and afraid that the media reports would be used against them "if they are made to appear in court to answer to their actions".

He added: "Thousands have been killed or maimed. Hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes. Someone has to eventually take responsibility for that."

If journalists left and the independent media ceased to exist, there would be no one to tell the story of those suffering in the camps, in their homes and in hospitals, he said. "They are not only killing and starving the people, now they will make sure no one knows about it."

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Mr. Rayale's achievements:

1- He is a neutral man when it comes to other tribal affairs.
2-If Rayale leaves office, there maybe renewed civil war in Somaliland?
3-Mr. Rayale maintains the peace in the region.

The list of bad political records is long and must stop now or he must face impeachment and no-re-election.

Mr. Rayale's missed opportunities:

1-Being a just Ruler(Hogaamiye Caadil ah), not a divider.

2-Building the roads between Awdal Cities such as Baki and Borama; Baki and Lughaya; Borama and Dilla; Borama and Saylac...etc.

3-And Supporting the needy, not his close family members only.

What kind of president stays at another country for a year and his people are crying for help, Why Abdullahi Yusuf stayed in Nairobi until the Kibaki administration literally forced him out of town.

He should be in prison for taking part of the fall of Great Somalia and the killings of innocent children instead they let him take power to kill and destroy whats left. we need change quick.

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