As violence rages in Somalia, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on June 21 called for an urgent international action against rebels in Somalia. “It has become inevitable that the international community should intervene immediately to support the transitional government, re-establish order and lighten the suffering of innocent civilians,” OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in a statement. Ihsanoglu called on OIC member-states to help the Somali government, assuring it of the organisation’s “unshakeable support.” He also condemned the rebels’ attacks as “terrorist acts contrary to Islam’s principles of peace and reconciliation.”
The six-week fighting killed around 300 people and displaced more than 125,000, according to UN figures and casualty tolls compiled by AFP.