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Can the London conference on Somalia get it right this time?

Feb 2012

Can the London conference on Somalia succeed this time where others have failed? After a year in which large swathes of Somalia have been hit by famine and continued war, and international militarisation has markedly increased, the UK government’s initiative to host an international conference on Somalia on 23 February is welcome. But lessons must be learnt from past mistakes. Ahead of the conference, Mark Bradbury makes the case that support should be given to local Somali-led solutions that promote legitimacy and participation.

Whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking

Feb 2010
Accord 21, Whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking, seeks to improve understanding and links between Somalis and international policy and practice. Edited by Mark Bradbury and Sally Healy it contains over 30 articles including interviews with Somali elders and senior diplomats, and contributions from Somali and international peacemaking practitioners, academics, involved parties, civil society and women’s organisations.

Introduction: whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Mark Bradbury and Sally Healy introduce the Accord 21 project and publication on Somali peace processes. They discuss how it has focused on Somali and international peacemaking and how better to link the two.

Endless war: a brief history of the Somali conflict

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Mark Bradbury and Sally Healy describe the changing nature of the Somali crisis over the past 20 years and review international and regional reconciliation efforts in Somalia and their impact on peace, conflict and governance.

Diplomacy in a failed state: international mediation in Somalia

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Ken Menkhaus critiques six Somali peace conferences to establish why intensive diplomatic interventions have failed to end the Somali crisis.

Mediating Djibouti

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Meredith Preston McGhie describes the UN mediation in the 2008 peace talks in Djibouti between the Transitional Federal Government and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia.

Regional engagement in Somalia: a conversation with HE Engineer Mahboub M. Maalim

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Executive Secretary HE Eng. Mahboub M. Maalim describes why and how IGAD has supported peace and statebuilding in Somalia.

Security and stabilization in Somalia

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Jeremy Brickhill critiques international involvement in Somali in relation to security, arguing that the strategy of building a state with a monopoly of violence has not worked, while security arrangements are central to endogenous Somali peace processes.

An African solution to Somalia? A conversation with Nicolas Bwakira

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia discusses the role that the AU Mission in Somalia is playing in support of Somalia’s transitional government.

Somali peace agreements: fuelling factionalism

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Warsan Cismaan Saalax and Abdulaziz Ali Ibrahim ‘Xildhiban’ discuss the recurrent dilemma of how to determine legitimate and authoritative representation in formal peace talks and in government.

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