"How do Somali communities deal with their need for security and governance in the absence of a state? The reality is that since 1991 numerous Somali-led reconciliation processes have taken place at local and regional levels.
Often these have proven more sustainable than the better resourced and better publicized national reconciliation processes sponsored by the international community." Pat Johnson and Abdirahman Raghe in new report from Conciliation Resources and Interpeace
While recent news coverage on Somalia has focused on the military prospects of the Transitional Federal Government in Mogadishu, the prospects of peace in Somalia depend significantly on other factors. This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains an overview essay on "How Somali-led peace processes work" from the new report, as well as the table of contents listing the other essays in the report.
•For the full report from Conciliation Resources and Interpeace see issue 21 of Accord, at http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/somalia/index.php
•The report is also available at http://allafrica.com/view/resource/main/main/id/00020075.html
•For a report on a December 2009 consultation with Somali civil society, see http://www.interpeace.org / direct link: http://tinyurl.com/yeg22kg
•Two additional AfricaFocus Bulletins released on Somalia today, available on the web but not sent out by e-mail, are: USA/Somalia: Engage or Disengage? at http://www.africafocus.org/docs10/som1003b.php and Somalia: Situation Reports at http://www.africafocus.org/docs10/som1003c.php
•For previous AfricaFocus Bulletins on Somalia, visit http://www.africafocus.org/country/somalia.
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