Dokument #1090336
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Specific information on the above subject
is scarce among the sources currently available to the IRBDC is
scarce.
A report by the Inter-NGO Committee for
Somalia (INCS-UK), following a visit to southern Somalia between 13
and 24 July 1991, indicates that there have been some reports of
fighting between the Ogaden (Darood sub-clan) Somali Patriotic
Movement (SPM) and the Marehan on the border between Gedo and the
Lower Jubba region (Inter-NGO Committee for Somalia Aug. 1991, 40).
In April 1991, the SPM reportedly regained prominence as the
umbrella for the various Darood factions in the south including the
SPM (Ogaden), the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF,
Majerteen) and the Maheran (Inter-NGO Committee Report for Somalia
Aug. 1991, 8-9, 40-41; BBC Summary 26 July 1991). This prominence
came at expense of the Somali National Front (SNF) consisting of
the SPM, the SSDF and the remnants of followers of Siad Barre
(Ibid.).
According to a BBC article, the SNF forces
under the command of Siad Barre have launched successive attacks on
the regions of Bay, Bakool, and Gedo (BBC Summary 26 July 1991).
For further information please refer to the attached excerpts of
the above-mentioned reports and to the Response to Information
Request SOM9045 (17 Jul. 1991). In addition, please refer to
previous Responses to Information Requests SOM10347 (20 Feb. 1992)
and SOM10348 (20 Feb. 1992) and their attachments available at the
Toronto II Documentation Centre.
Additional and/or corroborating information
on this subject could not be found among the sources currently
available to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 26 July
1991. "Somalia USC and SDM Report Fighting in Central and Southwest
Regions." (NEXIS)
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 17 July 1991. Response to
Information Request SOM9045.
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 20 February 1992. Response to
Information Request SOM10347.
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 20 February 1992. Response to
Information Request SOM10348.
Inter-NGO Committee for Somalia
[London]. August 1991. Bradbury, Mark. "A Report to the Inter-NGO
Committee for Somalia on a Visit to Southern Somalia, Mogadishu and
Kismayo 13th-24th July 1991," pp. 7-11, 40-41.
The Xinhua General Overseas News
Service. 11 February 1992. "Kenya, Somalia Join Hands in
Maintaining Order Along Border." (NEXIS)
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 26 July
1991. "Somalia USC and SDM Report Fighting in Central and Southwest
Regions." (NEXIS)
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 17 July 1991. Response to
Information Request SOM9045.
Inter-NGO Committee for Somalia
[London]. August 1991. Bradbury, Mark. "A Report to the Inter-NGO
Committee for Somalia on a Visit to Southern Somalia, Mogadishu and
Kismayo 13th-24th July 1991," pp. 7-11, 40-11.
The Xinhua General Overseas News
Service. 11 February 1992. "Kenya, Somalia Join Hands in
Maintaining Order Along Border." (NEXIS)