Review of African Political Economy - Vol. 22 No. 64 When the Troops Go Home: Somalia after the Intervention

Abstract of Briefing

Title:	When the Troops Go Home: Somalia after the Intervention
Author:	John Prendergast
Location:	Vol.22 No.64 (June 1995), pp268-272

Although Somalia still represents a potential minefield of intra- and inter-clan conflicts, locally-driven economic, social and political processes have emerged and flourished since UNOSOM's departure. Moved by economic self-interest, war weariness, and a re-emergence of traditional authorities at the expense of the militia leaders, the imperatives for peace inherent in some of these indigenous processes hold great promise for the future of the Somali people, if not for the future of a Somali state.

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