Vol 46 No 18 | SOMALIA Roadblock 9th September 2005 The government cannot get to the capital, where Islamists and many others reject it President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed's plans for foreign troops to provide the security he needs to allow him to go back to Mogadishu are still blocked. After much international...
Vol 46 No 18 | SOMALIA Islamists at work 9th September 2005 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...
Vol 46 No 13 | SOMALIA Diverted flight 24th June 2005 After more delays and disputes, some of the would-be government heads home When the new Transitional Federal Government (TFG) made its grand departure from Nairobi, representatives of the international community lined up to wish President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed well and...
Vol 46 No 13 | SOMALIA The clans line up 24th June 2005 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...
Vol 46 No 11 | SOMALIA Surreal 27th May 2005 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...