Vol 39 No 25 | SOMALIA No nation, new regions 18th December 1998 New regional adminstrations and a police force haven't stopped the clan conflicts A peace settlement still seems as far away as ever in Somalia, with no firm indication that any promised national reconciliation conference will take place in the foreseeable future. But decentralisation...
Vol 39 No 21 | SOMALIA Somersaults 23rd October 1998 ‘Top-down’ leadership conferences, such as Sodere and Cairo last year (AC Vol 39 No 8) are now out and seem to be being replaced, as many have long...
Vol 39 No 8 | SOMALIA Fighting over peace 17th April 1998 The faction leaders are getting more weapons but seem to be losing authority The leaders of Mogadishu's three main factions are still trying to avoid a real peace settlement. Nearly three months after the Cairo agreement that was meant to bring...
Vol 39 No 7 | ETHIOPIASOMALIA Cross-border 3rd April 1998 Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin chose an odd day to condemn outside interference in Somalia: 18 March, the day Ethiopian troops again crossed into Somalia's Gedo Region to...
Vol 39 No 1 | SOMALIA Cairo's round 9th January 1998 Somali faction leaders have been meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week to try to salvage the agreement reached in Cairo on 22 December. Signatories to the Egyptian-...