Juje Posted August 30, 2007 Somali reconciliation conference ends - with little progress Aug 30, 2007, 16:50 GMT Mogadishu/Nairobi - A European Union-backed reconciliation conference seen as the last best chance to bring peace to anarchic Somalia drew to a close after 45 days Thursday - to little progress. The conference, which several key opposition groups are boycotting, saw some 2,000 representatives of rival clans and sub- clans take part in talks beset by adjournments and postponements. 'The conference saw a large sum of pledges from foreign donors, but it did not reach its intended objective - to reconcile the warring factions and restore stability in Mogadishu' said one delegation member who requested not to be unnamed. The start of the conference on July 15 had been interrupted by mortar shelling, part of a continuing Iraq-style insurgency against the transitional government that has seen more than 1,000 people killed in months of violence. Somalia has been without effective rule since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohammed Siad Barre, which swept the country into anarchy. Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allamagan Posted August 31, 2007 What little progress? I wasn't expecting anything good from this setup theater anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
