North Somaliland restored order through local clan initiatives while the south failed
Evidence
After this transitional period, in May 1993 the historic Grand Conference held at Borama agreed on a transitional national charter and appointed Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Igal (Habar Awal) (Somaliland’s first and Somalia’s last Prime Minister) as the new President in succession to Abdarahman Tur (Habar Yunis), who had held this position since Somaliland’s declaration of independence in 1991. … Particularly striking was Somaliland’s success with low-cost, local clan-based peace initiatives in contrast to the high-profile, internationally sponsored and highly unsuccessful conferences which came to dominate what was optimistically called the ‘peace process’ in southern Somalia. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 622
Categorization
- SEED: The contrast between cheap local peacemaking and expensive failed international conferences is a powerful essay angle on aid as a conflict driver.
- XREF: connects to: Post-Siyad Somalia reverted to Burton’s clan republics but with modern arms; Somaliland’s 1993 Borama conference restored order through local clan-based peacemaking; British recovery of Somaliland in 1941 proceeded with swift disarmament and restored trade — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 360 (+3 more)
Related
- Somaliland’s 1993 Borama conference restored order through local clan-based peacemaking (similarity 0.92)
- Local clan-based peacemaking in Somaliland outdid international conferences in the south (similarity 0.89)
- Traditional clan elders reasserted leadership through shir peace conferences in the north-west (similarity 0.82)
- Southern Somalia’s warlords resist peace because conflict preserves their stolen gains. (similarity 0.82)
- Somaliland’s foundational 1993 Borama conference was funded and run locally without U.N. support (similarity 0.81)
- Foreign aid itself fueled conflict in southern Somalia (similarity 0.80)