Somalia: state and society in Turmoil

Abstract

On 15 January 1994, an international conference on ‘Somalia: State and Society in Turmoil’ was organised by the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies in Uppsala, Sweden. The conference was attended by representatives of eight Somali factions, the indigenous peoples of Somalia, ministers from the self‐proclaimed Republic of Somaliland, Somali peace and intellectual groups, Somali and Northern NGOs, representatives of human, rights groups, representatives of Nordic development authorities and a number of Concerned observers from the South and the North. The conference reviewed the developments in Somalia and Somaliland since the collapse of the Siad Bane regime and the UNSOM intervention in December 1992. The participants reviewed achievements and drawbacks of the peace conferences, the politics of reconciliation, and relief and rehabilitation.