Document #1318126
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The most current information on the
situation of the Rahanweyn in the Bay and Bakool regions is
contained in Response to Information Request SOM27137.E of 5 June
1997, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres.
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 a list of the
sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential [London].
Weekly.
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
Social and Cultural Series [London]. Monthly.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1996. 1997.
The Europa World Year Book
1996. 1996. 37th ed. Vol. 2. London: Europa Publications.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Daily Reports. 1996.
Human Rights Watch World
Report. 1996, 1997.
Horn of Africa Bulletin
[Uppsala]. Bimonthly.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. 1996-1997.
New African [London].
Monthly.
West Africa [London].
Weekly.
On-line search on NEXIS database.
Two oral sources consulted did not
provide information on the requested subject.
For detailed information on the situation
of Barawans, please consulted the attached Response to Information
Request SOM27660.E of 14 May 1997.
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.
Attachment
Documentation Information and Research
Branch (DIRB), Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa. 14 May 1997.
Response to Information Request SOM26760.E.