Somalia

BELGIAN ARMY FORGIVES ITS OWN SINS

As Belgium prepares to pull its troops from the UNOSOM 2 contingent in Somalia, the commission of inquiry set up [...]

REVAMP FOR FIVE PORTS

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has worked out a financial assistance project for rehabilitating five ports in conflict-riven Somalia [...]

MOHAMED FARAH AIDEED

The leader of Somali National Alliance (SNA) finally showed up in Addis Ababa in a US military aircraft in the [...]

Ethiopia's head of state, Meles Zenawi, took advantage of the [...]

A HYPOTHETICAL RECONCILIATION

The two leading Somali warlords, the interim head of state Ali Mahdi and the head of Somali National Alliance, general [...]

Columnist William Safire, writing in the November 18 issue of [...]

WHAT POLITICAL STRATEGY FOR UN ?

Officials of the United Nations operation UNOSOM 2 presented a provisional National Transitional Charter at the beginning of November which [...]

BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI

The United Nations secretary general designated on November 24 the [...]

ABDULLAHI BEHI OBEY

A military man trained in demolition and demining operations in Egypt, Abdullahi Behi Obey was the first person to organise [...]

Officers of France's United Nations contingent in UNOSOM 2 who [...]

WESTERN MISUNDERSTANDINGS

The United States House of Representatives passed by a narrow majority (226 to 201 votes) on November 9 a resolution [...]

A conference intended to coordinate humanitarian assistance in Somalia has [...]

NEXT ADB LOANS

The November and December board of directors' meetings of African Development Bank (ADB) are expected to examine loan applications for [...]

AIDEED'S TERMS

The chairman of Somali National Alliance (SNA), general Mohamed Farah Aideed, has launched a major political offensive aimed in particular [...]

JEAN HEINRICH

Although France's Military Intelligence Directorate (DRM) was only set up in May 1992, its boss (and founder), general Jean Heinrich, [...]

BACKROOM HUDDLES

Fighting broke out again in Mogadiscio on October 25 between Somali National Alliance (SNA) headed by general Mohamed Farah Aideed [...]

RICHARD BEGOSIAN

The US State Department announced on October 26 the appointment of Richard Begosian to replace Robert Gosende, who has been [...]

VOLKER RUEHE

Germany's defence minister said on October 26 that he thought [...]

NO FOLLOW-UP FOR SELF-CRITICISM

A confidential report dated July 30 from C. R. Gharekhan, the special adviser to the United Nations secretary general, Boutros [...]