01/06/2012

On Turkey's conference about Somalia's future

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.

 (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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