Somalia

NORTHERN CONGRESS, SOUTHERN ACCORD

The fifth congress of Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) was due to open on June 20 in Gardo, 250 km [...]

VICTOR GBEHO

The United Nations secretary general, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, has appointed the Ghanaian diplomat Victor Gbeho as UN special representative in Somalia. [...]

HABAR GEDIR AND HAWADLE FACE-OFF

The Habar Gedir supporters of general Mohamed Farah Aideed's Somali National Alliance (SNA) were in conflict in recent weeks with [...]

GEORGE BENNET

UNOSOM's civilian spokesperson has announced another postponement - until May [...]

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THE STATESIDE VIEW

The Horn of Africa is, with southern Africa, one of the regions on the African continent where the United States is still trying to maintain follow-through in its interventions. A tough order, as Washington no longer has a coherent, long-term [.

ABD-ER-RAHMAN IN TALKS

Following talks with the head of Somali National Alliance (SNA), general Mohamed Farah Aideed, the ex-president of Somaliland Abd-er-Rahman Ali [...]

THE COST OF US AID OPERATIONS

A review by the US administration's General Accounting Office (GAO) published in March says that the US Defence Department (DOD) [...]

The European Development Fund has approved the award of ECU1.95 [...]

According to United Nations spokesman George Bennet, representatives of the [...]

MERCA RECAPTURED BY SNA

After two weeks of fighting, supporters of Somali National Alliance (SNA) headed by general Mohamed Farah Aideed last week regained [...]

ABDUL BAGI MOHAMMED HASSAN

Sudan's ambassador in Mogadiscio was kidnapped on April 19 by [...]

According to a spokesman of UNOSOM 2 in Nairobi, the [...]

A voluminous, still unpublished internal report by an inquiry commission [...]

SIGNED ON THE DOTTED...

Giving in finally to pressure from the United Nations acting special envoy in Somalia, Lansana Kouyate, the leaders of the [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it is [...]

IMPASSE IN NAIROBI

The signature of a common declaration by the heads of Somalia's political factions, tentatively scheduled for March 20 in Nairobi, [...]

SMALL BUSINESSES - OR NGOS

The United Nations Operations in Somalia (UNOSOM) has suspended registration of Somali non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with which its humanitarian department [...]

THE INDIANS OF BAIDOA

The situation in Baidoa, a zone north-west of Mogadiscio under the control of the Indian contingent of UNOSOM 2, worsened [...]

PRISONERS OF DIPLOMACY

The last Somalis held prisoner by UNOSOM 2 (in fact, they were held in detention by the United states contingent) [...]