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- Anarchy rules. Biles, Peter // Africa Report;Jul/Aug92, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p30
Reports that thousands of people have died in fighting between two warlords battling for control of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu and thousands more throughout the country are at risk of starvation, even after the United Nations, after protracted negotiations with warring factions, finally...
- Somalia a year later. // Christian Science Monitor;4/10/96, Vol. 88 Issue 94, p20
Reports on the social condition of Somalia, a year after the United Nations' peace keeping forces withdrew. Changes brought about by the peacekeeping force; What the United States and the United Nations' intervention did not do in Somalia.
- In a stateless society, Somalis work together to survive. Hackel, Joyce // Christian Science Monitor;7/5/96, Vol. 88 Issue 154, p6
Reports on how Somalis are coping despite the absence of a central government since rebels toppled dictator Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991. Damages wrought by the flooding of the Juba River; Efforts of the United States and United Nations to devise an elaborate scheme to create a centralized,...
- Somalia: Civilian suffering on rise. // UN Chronicle;1996, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p56
Discusses the call for all Somali factions to immediately cease all hostilities and restore an effective cease-fire by the Security Council. Statements of the Council on the factions. INSET: $100.5 million appeal for relief..
- Somalia. // UN Chronicle;1997, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p69
Outlines the political and social conditions in Somalia six years after the country was torn apart by fighting that broke out in 1991. Groups involved in the fighting; International appeal for reconciliation talks between faction leaders; Appeal to break the cycle of violence; Participation of...
- The lessons of famine. De Waal, Alex; Omaar, Rakiya // Africa Report;Nov/Dec92, Vol. 37 Issue 6, p62
Comments on the positive side of famine-stricken Somalia, disputing claims that the country has collapsed. Cause of the famine; Efforts of Somalis to rebuild their country; Legacy of the 21-year rule of former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre; Relief agencies operating in Somalia.
- Untitled. // New Statesman & Society;12/18/92, Vol. 5 Issue 233, p19
Examines the situation in Somalia. Rumors in Nairobi, Kenya over former ministers and supporters of the deposed president of Somalia; Armed syndicates to serve the international relief agencies to protect the distribution of food; Farmers in the Juba region; More.
- My Somalia. Majid, Iman Abdul // Essence (Essence);Apr93, Vol. 23 Issue 12, p49
Narrates the author's experiences of growing up in Somalia. Pride in her Somali heritage; Biographical information; Effects of the 1969 coup; Somalia as a matriarchal society; Somali Red Crescent; Visions of reform.
- Achieving a political settlement in Somalia. Christopher, Warren; Aspin, Les // U.S. Department of State Dispatch;10/18/93, Vol. 4 Issue 42, p715
Presents remarks by the Secretaries of State and Defense and from Admiral Jeremiah on United States diplomatic strategy under the Somali policy outlined by President William Clinton. Pressure on the United Nations to refocus the Somali operation on the political process; Work with President...
- Many guns menace Somalis. Lubbock, Robin // National Catholic Reporter;4/8/94, Vol. 30 Issue 23, p9
Reports on the proliferation of guns in Somalia after the departure of foreign troops. Vulnerability of anybody having anything with value to bandits; Lack of trust among the Somalis; Reappearance of military patrols manned by groups of boys; Increase of fighting and looting; Sources of problems.
