Anarchic Civilization

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Thursday, September 21, 2006

From Easybourse:

A representative from the Islamic group already has entered Kismayo, 420 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, to negotiate the peaceful transfer of control of the town to the Islamic militia from an independent group called the Juba Valley Alliance. The two sides held a meeting Thursday but the issue remained unresolved.
One of the faction leaders now in control of Kismayo is the minister of defense in the weak, but internationally recognized Somali government.
So far there has been no fighting in Kismayo, but hundreds of Somalis have fled to refugee camps in neighboring Kenya, 200 kilometers to the south.

In other news:

From Reuters:

"The (Somali) people love us, they want us. We know the risks, but we will go back soon to continue our work," Sister Gianna Irene Peano told Reuters at the funeral (of the recently slain nun) in Nairobi.
From Alertnet:

"A survey asked 7,000 people around the whole country 'what is the No. 1 priority for you?'," he said. "It was quite clear that number one was education, two was health, three was water sanitation. Issues like law and order, peace and reconciliation, the kind of issues high on the global agenda, they were not mentioned."
This paragraph was under the odd subheading "SOMALIS WANT EDUCATION OVER PEACE." But I think its more likely that the situation is peaceful enough that Somalis aren't worried about losing peace and can therefore focus on things that are lower on the list of necessities.

1 Comments:

Blogger Flavian said...

I really hope that there are many places controlled by that or the other independent group. If so there will be institutional competition.

2:13 PM  

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