Somalia: back to the beginning

[Kramer]

Somalia: back to the beginning

The non-stop violence and chaos has returned to Somalia and its people are showing signs of nostalgia for the brief period of Islamist rule that brought the first whispers of effective governance in 16 years. The nightmare is far from over.


Image: BBCCommentary by Abdurrahman Warsameh in Mogadishu for ISN Security Watch (01/03/07)


Somalia now seems to be back to square one. The non-stop killing, kidnapping and hijacking has returned as the order of the day after a brief period of relative stability was shattered by the arrival in Mogadishu of the transitional Somali government backed by Ethiopian airpower and armor.

Near-daily attacks are launched against Ethiopian and Somali government soldiers by Islamist insurgents, and criminal activities have risen to pre-Islamist levels.
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Somali Police Official Says Ugandan Team Has Arrived; Not According To Uganda


Thursday, March 01, 2007


MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) A Ugandan military spokesman has denied that an advance team of the African peacekeeping force expected in Somalia has arrived in the country, contrary to an earlier statement made Thursday by a senior Somali police officer said.

Adan Biid Ahmed, the police chief of the southern town of Baidoa where the transitional parliament sits, said 30 Ugandan troops had arrived in a military plane Thursday morning.

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