For information on events in Bari, Mudug, and Nugal, please refer to the attached documents and to Responses to Information Requests SOM17339.E of 19 May 1994, SOM16193.E of 18 January 1994 and SOM15635.E of 8 November 1993.

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 Indian Ocean Newsletter [Paris]. 17 September 1994. No. 638. "Somalia: Bosaso Thrives on Ransom," pp. 1-2.

_____. 23 July 1994. No. 633. "Somalia: North-East at Boiling Point." pp. 1-2.