Information on the present treatment of the Darood tribe by the Hawiye tribe, forming the backbone of the United Somali Congress, in Mogadishu [SOM9865]

The Christian Science Monitor reports that:
up to 600,000 refugees from the Daro[o]d clan have fled to southern coastal town of Kismayo.... In Mogadishu, there have been 'repeated reports of Hawiye (the dominant clan in the capital) looting homes and unconfirmed reports of summary executions of Daro[o]d (by Hawiye),' says a Western diplomat (5 Apr. 1991, 1).
An Agence France Presse broadcast monitored by the British Broadcasting Corporation quotes a representative of the Salvation Democratic Front as accusing "the Hawiye-dominated U.S.C. of massacring members of Maj-Gen Siyad Barreh's Daro[o]d people in Mogadishu, allegations which Mr. Abdullahi [Somali Provisional Government's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs] dismissed as completely untrue,'" (23 Mar. 1991, p. 1).
While not directly referring to the treatment of the Darood Tribe in Mogadishu, the following information may be noteworthy.
Reporting on the civil war in Somalia, Agence France Presse refers to unspecified diplomats' reports on the "continued clan-based fighting in southern Somalia in recent weeks, pitting the Daro[o]d clans against the Hawiye who formed the provisional government" (15 July 1991).
Reuters reports the continued fighting between the "Darood sub-clans" and the Hawiye-dominated U.S.C. "mainly in the area between Kismayo and the capital" since January 1991 (25 Apr. 1991). According to Reuters, "fighters of the United Somali Congress (USC), the Hawiye clan-based faction that controls the capital, had pushed the Daroods back to Shalanbod, 90 km (55 miles) from the capital" (11 Apr. 1991).
The Xinhua General Overseas News Service reports the agreement of the representatives of two rival clans, the Darood and the Hawiye, on a ceasefire covering only "the battlefield south of the capital city of Mogadishu, where Daro[o]d fighters have advanced to Afgoi which is 40 kilometres from the capital city and is under the control of [the] Hawiye-dominated united Somali Congress. No date has been set for a conference between the two factions to formalize the ceasefire" (7 Apr. 1991).
Further information on the subject is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.
Bibliography


Agence France Presse. 15 July 1991. "Moi Orders 'Rich Somalis' Out of Kenya." 15 July 1991.

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 23 March 1991. "Somalia in Brief; Minister Wants 'Peaceful' Settlement with Siyad; Fighters Advance on Mogadishu." (NEXIS)

The Christian Science Monitor. 5 April 1991. "Rebel Clashes Forestall Peace in Newly Liberated Somalia." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 25 April 1991. Somali Groups Says Italian Relief Ship Hijacked by Refugees." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 11 April 1991. "Fighting Between Somali Clans Scotching Hopes of Ceasefire." (NEXIS) The Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 7 April 1991. "Warring Somali Factions Agree to Temporary Ceasefire." (NEXIS)

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Agence France Presse. 15 July 1991. "Moi Orders 'Rich Somalis' Out of Kenya." 15 July 1991.

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 23 March 1991. "Somalia in Brief; Minister Wants 'Peaceful' Settlement with Siyad; Fighters Advance on Mogadishu," pp. 1, 2. (NEXIS)

The Christian Science Monitor. 5 April 1991. "Rebel Clashes Forestall Peace in Newly Liberated Somalia," pp. 1, 2. (NEXIS)

Reuters. 25 April 1991. Somali Groups Says Italian Relief Ship Hijacked by Refugees." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 11 April 1991. "Fighting Between Somali Clans Scotching Hopes of Ceasefire." (NEXIS)

The Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 7 April 1991. "Warring Somali Factions Agree to Temporary Ceasefire.