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Title:Somalia: Alternative Scenarios for Political Reconstruction
Author:Doornbos, MartinISNI
Year:2002
Periodical:African Affairs: The Journal of the Royal African Society
Volume:101
Issue:402
Period:January
Pages:93-107
Language:English
Geographic term:Somalia
Subjects:political change
State
Politics and Government
Ethnic and Race Relations
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3518659
Abstract:Somalia, which during the 1990s lacked most of the institutions of a central State, is gradually being recomposed. In August 2000, a new interim president, Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, was installed in Mogadishu, followed in October by the appointment of an interim premier, Ali Khalif Galaydh, who was charged with the formation of a transitional cabinet. This lasted only thirteen months, however, and in October 2001, the President began with the formation of a new government, trying to include factions that had hitherto remained unrepresented. Whether these developments will actually lead to a viable political structure in Somalia remains to be seen.The core of the problem is that these efforts towards national State formation clash with regional attempts at political reconstruction, such as those in Puntland. This article analyses alternative scenarios for political reconstruction in Somalia, taking into account the wider international context of the Horn and the role of international actors such as the OAU, EU and the UN. Ref., sum. (An earlier Dutch version appeared in: Internationale Spectator, jrg. 55, nr. 4 (2001), p. 192-198.)
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