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How can the international community help Somalia move forward?
By Abdinur Aw Ali* External influences, at the regional and global levels, are playing pivotal roles in Somalia, both in positive and negative ways. And while many Somalis, increasingly believe that left to their own devices, the political/tribal conflict in the country have better chance of been s...
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Resources on Darfur: two recent reports and Rob Crilly’s book
In the last weeks, some new interesting resources on Darfur have been published. While news coming from Sudan's western region tell of a new offensive going on around Jebel Marra and as negotiations in Doha, Qatar, continue to be stalled, Julie Flint's Rhetoric and reality: the failure to resolve t...
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Press review: Somalia, fighting in the capital and tensions on the borders
Source: Reuters, NYTimes, The Wall Street Journal Tension is still high in Mogadishu, hardly controlled by the fragile Western-backed administration of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, where rebels from al Shabaab group attacked government bases and AMISOM peacekeeping troops. An exchange of mortar s...
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Sudan, presidential campaign on the starting blocks
The countdown to April elections has officially started when, on January, 27 evening, the National Elections Commission (NEC) closed nominations to presidential and legislative ballots. The presidential campaign can thus start. And it will probably be a real competition. As soon as the nominations ...
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Sudan, a critical year ahead
On January, 9 Sudan feted the 5th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), inaugurating its last year “in office”. On January, 9, 2011 the CPA will expire and a new, independent South Sudan might see the light through an autodetermination referendum. The year ahead ...
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Somalia: the regional crisis and the no-win military scenario
Sources: Guardian.co.uk and International Crisis Group In Yemen, Somalia and beyond, the lawless, strife-torn region has provided disturbing evidence that its myriad problems cannot be ignored and that the west must see the connections between them all. "You could argue that the US intervention in...
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Resources: ‘Bridging Partition: People’s Initiatives for Peace between India and Pakistan’
Edited by Smitu Kothari and Zia Mian, Bridging Partition: People’s Initiatives for Peace between India and Pakistan is a book of essays on the Pakistan-India people-to-people peace dialogues. It will be launched in Delhi as part of the India Pakistan Conference – A Road Map towards Peace at the...
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Resources: Sudan, explosion or implosion?
Three new briefings about Sudan's conflicts were issued in the last days. Though focusing on different aspects of Sudan's crisis, the reports come to a similar conclusion: within next year Sudan risks to go back to conflict and widespread violence, whether localised or regional (or both). In January...
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Somali Civil Society Conference in Mombasa
Source: Hiiraan Friday, December 11, 2009 Communiqué of Mombasa Conference (December 7, 2009) After a long deliberation and sometimes intense discussions in all the above important points, the participants: · Condemn tragic incident of December 3rd, 2009 in which high profile...
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Development, Culture and Conflict
This is the introduction to the article 'Development, Culture and Conflict' by Jan Pronk, President of the Society for International Development, published in Development 52.4 'Xenophobia, Culture and Identity'. From 1945 to 1989 international relations were characterized by two major conflicts....
