Somalia

WALTER S. CLARKE

A former chargé d'affaires at the United States embassy in Djibuti (1977 to 1980) who has since held posts elsewhere [...]

GRAND SHIR AT BORAMA

A grand shir (gathering) was attended by about 300 people (elders, customary chiefs, academics, politicians and soldiers), throughout the month [...]

UPSURGE OF FIGHTING

Fighting broke out in Kismayo in the night of 21 to 22 February between troops from the Somali National Front [...]

LANSANA KOUYATE

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros Ghali has appointed Lansana Kouyate as deputy special envoy to Somalia. [...]

ISLAMIC RALLY IN KHARTOUM

According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, four Somali Islamic organizations held a meeting on February 14 in [...]

An official 49-page report on the state of Italian cooperation, [...]

THOMAS MONTGOMERY

US General Thomas Montgomery is to serve as deputy to [...]

INFIGHTING AMONG USF ISSAS

The delegation from the United Somali Front (USF) (made up of Issas from the north west of Somalia), that attended [...]

The communications network that has been used by several bodies [...]

CEVIK BIR

A general in the Turkish army, Cevik Bir, has been [...]

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UNSOM II - THE BIG DEBATE

A United Nations Security Council resolution on the deployment of a new UN operation in Somalia (UNSOM II), that is expected to take over from the international US-led military intervention force that has been in the country since December 1992, [.

Spokesperson for the United Nations mission to Somalia, Farouk Mawlawa [...]

ROBERT GOSENDE

According to the Washington Post newspaper of February 10, United [...]

WILLIAM DRAPER

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator said in Mogadishu [...]

POLICE FORCE NEAR RESUSCITATION

Three European police experts (one each from France, Germany and Italy) arrived in Mogadishu on January 31 to examine the [...]

ALAIN DESCHAMPS

France has nominated its former ambassador to Burkina Faso to the head of the French Embassy in Mogadishu, that has [...]

BILE RAFLE GULEED

The vice-president of the wing of the Somali Patriotic Movement [...]

A meeting of notables followed by another gathering of the [...]

AUGUSTINE MREMA

Tanzanian radio reported on January 24, the appointment of the [...]