{"id":261,"date":"2025-04-05T09:07:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T09:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soolsanaagcaynorg.com\/en\/?post_type=update&p=261"},"modified":"2025-04-06T18:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:04:33","slug":"las-anod-conflict","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/soolsanaagcaynorg.com\/en\/update\/las-anod-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Anod conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLas Anod conflict\n<\/h2>
\nDecember 2022\n<\/div>
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One of the key events we organized at the end of 2023 focused on raising awareness about the Las Anod conflict, which broke out in 2022. Las Anod (Somali: Laascaanood) is the capital of the Sool region in northern Somalia.<\/p>\n

On December 26, 2022, widespread protests erupted in the city following the murder of Hadrawi Sanguub, a respected local politician. The killing was just one in a long series of unsolved murders of politicians, activists, businessmen, and other influential figures in the city since the self-declared state of Somaliland took over its administration. The conflict reached a critical turning point in February 2023 when Somaliland security forces used deadly violence against peaceful demonstrations. Within the first ten days of the conflict, the death toll in Las Anod rose to over 170, with around 500 injured (Amnesty) \u2013 L\u00c4NK HIT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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IDP returnees:\u00a0<\/strong>By the 09
September, an estimated 50 \u2013 60 per
cent of Laas Caanood displaced
population had returned to the city since
27 August. However, these IDP
returnees are facing enormous
challenges including lack of access to
basic social services as most of key
social infrastructures and public service facilities have been destroyed during the fighting. An estimated 200,000 people were displaced from Laas Caanood and surrounding villages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

\nThe fighting had a devastating humanitarian impact, disrupting livelihoods, damaging infrastructure, and straining local resources. Despite calls from international organizations for urgent humanitarian aid and a ceasefire to protect civilians, shelling against the city and its inhabitants continued.\n<\/div>
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The conflict in Las Anod was not only military and political in nature\u2014it was also a deliberate attack on the local economy and the civilian population\u2019s ability to sustain itself. The assaults by Somaliland destroyed the city\u2019s only water system, which had been funded by the Somali diaspora. The situation worsened further with the shelling of the general hospital, where both oxygen facilities and a specialized maternal and child health center run by Doctors Without Borders were destroyed. These attacks have not only cut off essential water access for civilians but have also severely restricted emergency medical care, particularly for women and children. The destruction of MSF\u2019s (Doctors Without Borders) operations constituted a direct assault on humanitarian efforts in an already vulnerable region, risking increased child mortality and complications during childbirth.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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