{"id":398533,"date":"2020-05-31T11:46:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T08:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=398533"},"modified":"2020-05-31T11:46:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T08:46:08","slug":"amisom-condemns-abduction-and-killing-of-health-workers-and-a-civilian-at-gololey-health-facility-in-balcad-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/amisom-condemns-abduction-and-killing-of-health-workers-and-a-civilian-at-gololey-health-facility-in-balcad-district\/","title":{"rendered":"AMISOM condemns abduction and killing of health workers and a civilian at Gololey Health Facility in Balcad District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mogadishu(SONNA)-<\/strong>The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) condemns the abduction and deliberate killing of seven health workers and a civilian at a local health centre in Gololey village in the Balcad District of HirShabelle State on May 28, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to local reports, at about 13:00hrs on May 27, 2020, armed men in military uniform abducted seven health workers and a civilian from Gololey Health Facility. Eight bullet-ridden bodies were subsequently thrown on the main road in the area the following day.<\/p>\n<p>As Somalia continues to face the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic, health workers continue to provide much needed quality health care. They are putting their lives on the line to save others in very difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am shocked by the senseless killings of civilians. Deliberate attacks against health professionals and facilities are a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law and constitute a war crime in non-international armed conflicts,\u201d said the Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Francisco Madeira.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union Mission in Somalia, presents its sincere condolences to the bereaved families, the people and government of Somalia, for the loss of these dedicated citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu(SONNA)-The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) condemns the abduction and deliberate killing of seven health workers and a civilian at a local health centre in Gololey village in the Balcad District of HirShabelle State on May 28, 2020. According to local reports, at about 13:00hrs on May 27, 2020, armed men in military uniform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":398458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-398533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398534,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398533\/revisions\/398534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}