Clans switch sides to overthrow the warlords but will they stay loyal to the Islamic Courts
In its bid to defeat Islamists, the CIA has become entangled in Mogadishu's clan warfare
Disquiet is growing over President George Bush's policy
in Somalia amid reports of an executive security order to arm
a local 'antiterrorist alliance' in contravention of the United
Nations' arms embargo. Officially formed on 18 February, the Alliance
...
The government cannot get to the capital, where Islamists and
many others reject it
Al Itihaad al Islamia (AIAI, Islamic Unity), the most fervent
and best organised of Somalia's Islamist groups, has links to
several members of the Transitional Federal Government now in
Mogadishu (see Feature), and to the city's powerful and well-armed...
After more delays and disputes, some of the would-be government
heads home
The idea of the Transitional Federal Government was to share
senior appointments proportionally: four for the big clans (Darod,
Rahenweyn, Dir, Hawiye) and one-half for others, such as Gibil
Ad or Bantus. It doesn't. Most TFG members were in the Somali...
Somalia's foreign partners are wondering how long its Transitional
Federal Government (TFG) can last. Since they painstakingly arranged
for its creation, two big things have gone wrong. President Abdullahi
Yusuf Ahmed, 'elected' last October, has faile...
By squeezing the delegates, mediators hope to get a faction
leaders' parliament
Politicians try to fill the expanding power vacuum as faction alliances collapse
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