A conference is currently taking place in Istanbul to support Somalia in a transition
process calling for a new constitution and parliament, and the election
of a president, by Aug. 20.
I am not lucky enough to be in Turkey this week to cover the conference on Somalia, but here are a few interesting articles to read about it:
From AP:
By Reuters:
'Turkey tells U.N. and aid donors to move to Somalia'
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/us-turkey-somalia-idUSBRE8500TG20120601
In The Guardian:
Somalia '90 days from the most momentous event in its recent history'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/jun/01/somalia-90-days-momentous-history
On The BBC:
Somalia government money 'goes missing'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18293101
And from the UN news centre:
End of transition period represents ‘historic starting point’ for Somalia – Ban
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42134&Cr=Somalia&Cr1=
(Villa Somalia, where the TFG stays, in Mogadishu)
I am not lucky enough to be in Turkey this week to cover the conference on Somalia, but here are a few interesting articles to read about it:
From AP:
'Istanbul conference seeks to help Somalia'
ISTANBUL (AP) — International forces cannot solve Somalia's security
problems in the long term and the fragile country needs its own strong
force to do the job, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday...
By Reuters:
'Turkey tells U.N. and aid donors to move to Somalia'
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/us-turkey-somalia-idUSBRE8500TG20120601
In The Guardian:
Somalia '90 days from the most momentous event in its recent history'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/jun/01/somalia-90-days-momentous-history
On The BBC:
Somalia government money 'goes missing'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18293101
And from the UN news centre:
End of transition period represents ‘historic starting point’ for Somalia – Ban
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42134&Cr=Somalia&Cr1=
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