No reports on the situation of Darod Ogaden could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Confidential

Africa Research Bulletin

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2001. 2002. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.

The Indian Ocean Newsletter

IRB Databases

Keesing's Record of World Events

LEXIS/NEXIS

Oral sources

Resource Centre. Somalia. Country File.

Internet sites including:

All Africa

Relief Web

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).