In May 1996 pro-Aidid radio reported that a delegation of the Jidwak clan from Jubbada Hoose and Jubbada Dhexe Regions (in southern Somalia) visited Mohamed Farah Aidid in his capacity as self-proclaimed president of Somalia (Radio Mogadishu 29 May 1996). The report states the delegation gave its support to the work of Aidid's administration (ibid.). For additional information, please consult the attachment.

Additional and/or corroborating information on the current situation of the Jidwaaq could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Radio Mogadishu Voice of the Masses of the Somali Republic [Clandestine, in Somali]. 29 May 1996. "Somalia: Aidid Receives Marehan, Jidwak Clan." (FBIS-AFR-96-106 31 May 1996, p. 7)

Radio Mogadishu Voice of the Masses of the Somali Republic [Clandestine, in Somali]. 29 May 1996. "Somalia: Aidid Receives Marehan, Jidwak Clan." (FBIS-AFR-96-106 31 May 1996, p. 7)

Africa Confidential. 1995-1996.

Africa Research Bulletin. 1995-1996.

Current History. 1996.

DIRB Somalia Country File. 1995-1996.

DIRB Somaliland Country File. 1995-1996.

Horn of Africa Bulletin. 1995-1996.

Indexed Media Review (IMR). 1995-1996.

The Indian Ocean Newsletter. 1995-1996.

USAID Situation Reports. 1995-1996.

One oral source did not provide information on the requested subject.

Note on oral sources:

Oral sources are usually contacted when documentary sources have been exhausted. However, oral sources must agree to be quoted in a publicly available Response to Information Request. If they refuse, the Response will read "no information could be found among the sources consulted." Contacting oral sources is also subject to time constraints; for example, there are periods of the year when academics are unavailable. Long distance calls to Africa are often constrained by limited telecommunications capacity.