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FACTBOX-Clan structure key to understanding Somalia

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We might deny the root causes of our conflict as it is normally expected from Somalis but Somali experts have this to say. Or what is causing the main resistance to the TFG.

 

FACTBOX-Clan structure key to understanding Somalia

 

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Somalia's new prime minister, Nur Hassan Hussein, is meeting Somalia's clan leaders while he prepares to name his new cabinet.

 

Here are some facts about clans, the key to understanding Somalia's history, society and above all, politics:

 

WHY ARE CLANS IMPORTANT?

* The clans control districts and businesses and are the arbiters of most aspects of Somali life. Decisions are made collectively within the clans and their complex sub-divisions.

 

 

Here is the full View of the article

 

Sources: Reuters, Somali experts. (Writing by Andrew Cawthorne, Bryson Hull and Guled Mohamed)

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