Vol 44 No 16 | SOMALIA Arta I, Arta II 8th August 2003 As the warlords talk on in Nairobi, their credibility gap is growing Somalia is no longer a country at war. However, fighting and killing continue, and it is not yet a country at peace. Its reconciliation conference has entered its...
Vol 44 No 5 | SOMALIA Playing by the rules 7th March 2003 After ten years of neglect, the United Nations arms embargo on Somalia is finally seeing action. The embargo was introduced in January 1992 but only last year did...
Vol 43 No 12 | SOMALIA And the arms flow on 14th June 2002 New arms imports are likely to fuel new fighting, despite the UN embargo When international eyes focused on Somalia after the atrocities of 11 September, it looked as if the outside world might at last take the crisis there seriously. On...
Vol 43 No 10 | SOMALIA Separate & sovereign 17th May 2002 The unrecognised Republic of Somaliland proved its durability on 3 May, with the peaceful succession to President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal.
Vol 42 No 23 | SOMALIA Moving target 23rd November 2001 A state in turmoil offers no safe haven for terrorists feeling the onslaught in Afghanistan If Usama bin Laden and his comrades headed for Somalia, they could find it even less comfortable than Afghanistan. American and French ships patrol the coastline and blockade...
Vol 42 No 22 | SOMALIA Usama's allies 9th November 2001 Somalia is moving up the agenda: the United States believes Al Qaida may have used Al Itahaad's bases there as operational staging posts. In particular, that Al Itahaad...
Vol 42 No 15 | SOMALIA Transition to where? 27th July 2001 Though recognised by the Organisation of African Unity, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development and United Nations, the Transitional National Government (TNG, AC Vol 42 No 10) controls just a...
Vol 42 No 10 | SOMALIA Independence vote 18th May 2001 Battling a powerful lobby for postponement, President of Somaliland Mohamed Ibrahim Egal is determined to hold a long-delayed constitutional referendum on 31 May. He wants voters to back...
Vol 41 No 17 | SOMALIA Possible president 1st September 2000 Is there a new president in Somalia? Not quite. But Abdulkassim Salat Hassan, who took the oath of office on August 20, is the nearest thing the country...
Vol 41 No 13 | DJIBOUTISOMALIA Time to talk 23rd June 2000 The Somali National Peace Conference in Djibouti finished six weeks of initial consultations and moved on last week to phase two (AC Vol 41 No 7). Hundreds of...