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IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on the UDD is limited among the
sources consulted by the DIRB.
According to Political Handbook of the
World: 1994-1995, the UDD was founded in January 1992 as a
Gadabursi clan party opposed to Djibouti president Hassan Gouled
(1994, 239). The UDD was a founding member of the Front Uni de
l'Opposition Djiboutienne (FUOD), an alliance of Afar and
anti-government Issa clan groups begun in Paris in June 1992
(ibid., 238). The leaders of the UDD are Mahdi Ibrahim God and
Mohamed Moussa Ainache (ibid., 239). For additional information on
the UDD, please consult the attachments.
Information on the impact on the UDD or the
Gadabursi of the peace agreement between the government and the
Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la
Démocratie (FRUD) 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.
Reference
Political Handbook of the World:
1994-1995. 1994. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA
Publications.
Attachments
The Indian Ocean Newsletter [Paris]. 29
January 1994. "Djibouti: Armed Conflict Splits Opposition," p.
5.
Political Handbook of the World:
1994-1995. 1994. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA
Publications, pp. 238-39.
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential. 1994-1995.
Africa Research Bulletin. 1994-1995.
Amnesty International Report 1995.
Country Reports for 1994. 1995.
Critique of DOS Country Reports for
1994. 1995.
DIRB Djibouti Amnesty International
Country File. 1994-1995.
DIRB Djibouti Country File.
1994-1995.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) daily reports. 1994-1995.
Human Rights Watch World Report 1996.
1995.
The Indian Ocean Newsletter.
1994-1995.
On-line searches of media articles
(NEXIS).