For information on the human rights situation outside of Mogadishu, please refer to the attached documents.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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.

The Christian Science Monitor [Boston]. 9 July 1993. Robert M. Press. "Peaceful Belet Uen: 'The Other Somalia'."

The Indian Ocean Newsletter [Paris]. 2 October 1993. "Somaliland: UN Clangers."

News from Africa Watch [New York]. 7 March 1993. Vol. 5, No. 2. "Somalia: Beyond the Warlords: The Need for a Verdict on Human Rights Abuses."