SOMALIA: Peace talks expected to resumeNAIROBI, 11 Sep 2003 (IRIN) - The Somali national reconciliation conference is expected to reconvene this weekend in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, after a three-week hiatus, a member of its organizing committee told IRIN.
The talks were adjourned after the reading of a draft charter - an interim constitution - "so that Somali legal experts and a Kenyan constitutional lawyer could harmonise the different views "and come up with a clean document," said James Kiboi of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) technical committee which is steering the talks.More
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
SOMALIA: Leaders discuss peace process
NAIROBI, 10 Sep 2003 (IRIN) - The president of Somalia's Transitional National Government (TNG), Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, and four prominent faction leaders met on Tuesday in Mogadishu to discuss the Somali peace talks currently underway in Kenya, one of the leaders told IRIN on Wednesday.
The meeting brought together Abdiqassim, the leader of the Juba Valley Alliance, Col Bare Hiirale, Mogadishu-based faction leaders Muse Sudi Yalahow and Usman Hasan Ato, and Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA). MORE
NAIROBI, 10 Sep 2003 (IRIN) - The president of Somalia's Transitional National Government (TNG), Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, and four prominent faction leaders met on Tuesday in Mogadishu to discuss the Somali peace talks currently underway in Kenya, one of the leaders told IRIN on Wednesday.
The meeting brought together Abdiqassim, the leader of the Juba Valley Alliance, Col Bare Hiirale, Mogadishu-based faction leaders Muse Sudi Yalahow and Usman Hasan Ato, and Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA). MORE
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
SOMALIA: Peace talks resume after five-day break
NAIROBI, 19 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - The Somali national reconciliation conference reconvened in the Mbagathi suburb of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday after a five-day hiatus, according to a member of its organising committee.
"The suspension of the proceedings came at the request of the participants and our partners [donor countries] who said they wanted a break to give time to bring everyone on board," said James Kiboi of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) technical committee which is steering the talks.MORE
NAIROBI, 19 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - The Somali national reconciliation conference reconvened in the Mbagathi suburb of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday after a five-day hiatus, according to a member of its organising committee.
"The suspension of the proceedings came at the request of the participants and our partners [donor countries] who said they wanted a break to give time to bring everyone on board," said James Kiboi of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) technical committee which is steering the talks.MORE
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
New Somali government expected in 14 days
NAIROBI, 12 Aug. 2003 (Reuters)-- Somalia's prime minister said on Tuesday he expected leaders to form a new government uniting Somalia's many factions within two weeks, despite opposition from the country's president.
Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah said he hoped President Abdiqassim Salad Hassan would participate in the planned government, which is due to replace an existing interim administration whose mandate expires on Wednesday.MORE
NAIROBI, 12 Aug. 2003 (Reuters)-- Somalia's prime minister said on Tuesday he expected leaders to form a new government uniting Somalia's many factions within two weeks, despite opposition from the country's president.
Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah said he hoped President Abdiqassim Salad Hassan would participate in the planned government, which is due to replace an existing interim administration whose mandate expires on Wednesday.MORE
SOMALIA: TNG hangs in the balance as mandate ends
NAIROBI, 12 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - Uncertainty hung over Somalia's Transitional National Government (TNG) on Tuesday after prime minister Hassan Abshir Farah announced that the TNG's mandate would finish on Wednesday at the end of its three-year term.
But TNG President Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, who sacked Hassan Abshir along with parliament speaker Abdallah Derow Isaak at the weekend, has said the interim government will continue until new institutions are formed through free and fair elections. Last month, Abdiqassim walked out of peace talks underway in Kenya saying they were leading towards the "dismemberment" of Somalia. MORE
NAIROBI, 12 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - Uncertainty hung over Somalia's Transitional National Government (TNG) on Tuesday after prime minister Hassan Abshir Farah announced that the TNG's mandate would finish on Wednesday at the end of its three-year term.
But TNG President Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, who sacked Hassan Abshir along with parliament speaker Abdallah Derow Isaak at the weekend, has said the interim government will continue until new institutions are formed through free and fair elections. Last month, Abdiqassim walked out of peace talks underway in Kenya saying they were leading towards the "dismemberment" of Somalia. MORE
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Somaliland rejects attempts to bring it into peace talks
NAIROBI, 4 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - The authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia have reiterated their rejection of attempts to bring them into the ongoing Somali reconciliation talks in Kenya.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the office of the region's president, Dahir Riyale Kahin, Somaliland is not a party to the Somali peace talks.
And the Somaliland information minister, Abdillahi Muhammad Du'ale, told IRIN on Monday that Somaliland would welcome any peace deal between the parties "in the former Italian Somalia", but noted that "this has nothing to do with Somaliland". MORE
NAIROBI, 4 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - The authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia have reiterated their rejection of attempts to bring them into the ongoing Somali reconciliation talks in Kenya.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the office of the region's president, Dahir Riyale Kahin, Somaliland is not a party to the Somali peace talks.
And the Somaliland information minister, Abdillahi Muhammad Du'ale, told IRIN on Monday that Somaliland would welcome any peace deal between the parties "in the former Italian Somalia", but noted that "this has nothing to do with Somaliland". MORE
SOMALIA: Faction leader leaves talks
NAIROBI, 6 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - Prominent Mogadishu-based faction leader Muse Sudi Yalahow walked out of the Somali peace talks in Nairobi on Wednesday, saying he was unhappy over the draft charter and lack of reconciliation among leaders.
"We want reconciliation among leaders first," he told IRIN. "In nine months of talks, there has not been any reconciliation. Leaders who came here as enemies remain so to this day. I thought this whole conference was about reconciliation." MORE
NAIROBI, 6 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - Prominent Mogadishu-based faction leader Muse Sudi Yalahow walked out of the Somali peace talks in Nairobi on Wednesday, saying he was unhappy over the draft charter and lack of reconciliation among leaders.
"We want reconciliation among leaders first," he told IRIN. "In nine months of talks, there has not been any reconciliation. Leaders who came here as enemies remain so to this day. I thought this whole conference was about reconciliation." MORE
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