The Islamists - militiamen that are loyal to the Union of Islamic Courts - were driven out of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Now the city is ruled by the interim government that receives support from Ethiopia. Ali Mohamad Ghedi, the interim prime minister, declared three months of martial law. The forces of the UIC say they will not abandon Somali that easily. According to BBC, the UN estimates that about 30,000 people have been displaced during the fighting and causalities have been high, hundreds of young people have been killed and some 800 people, mainly on the Islamic side, have been treated in hospital.

I wonder if this so called Transitional Government, composed mainly of former warlords, responsible for the desintegration of the country, and occupational Ethiopian forces will be nearly as effective in maintaining civil order as the Islamists were. Ethiopia does not want to have Islamists on its border, however, there is no need for them to construct strong Somalian state, which will atract attention of big Somalian minority living in Ethiopia. I see continuing disorder and anarchy in Somalia, which had its chance of recovered sovereignty, although quite a brutal one, in the hands of the UIC.