No reports on the treatment of the Gurgure by Somali tribes in Ethiopia could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Research Bulletin 1999-2000.

Africa Confidential. 1999-2000.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 1999. 2000. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.

Keesing's Record of World Events. 1999-2000.

IRB Databases. LEXIS/NEXIS.

Resource Centre. Country File. Ethiopia.

Search engines including,

Google

Internet sites including,

Africa News.

Relief Web

Centre for International Development and Conflict Management