Document #1319423
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on this subject could not be
found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
According to The Somali Conflict:
Prospects for Peace, by the end of 1992, in Hawiye territories
north and south of Mogadishu, possibly as many as 30 military
groups claimed control "as the USC had fractured along clan lines"
(Oct. 1993, 16). However, this source does not state whether the
Dir were targeted by the USC.
For general information about the southern
Dir and their political relations with the USC, please consult
pages 144-148 of The Price of Peace, 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 the list of
sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Bradbury, Mark. October 1993. The
Somali Conflict: Prospects for Peace. Oxford: Oxfam UK and
Ireland.
Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential. 1992.
Africa Research Bulletin.
1992.
DIRB Somalia Country File. 1992.
Indexed Media Review (IMR). 1992.
The Price of Peace: Somalia and the
United Nations 1991-1994.
Somalia: Beyond the Warlords: The
Need for a Verdict on Human Rights Abuses. March 1993. Africa
Watch.
Somalia: A Fight to the Death.
February 1992. Africa Watch.
Somalia: No Mercy in Mogadishu.
March 1992. Africa Watch.
USAID Situation Reports: Somalia.
1992.
On-line searches of media articles
(NEXIS).