A Week in the Horn (15.8.2008)

Somalia’s TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf, Prime Minister Nur Hassan ‘Adde’ and Sheikh Adan Madobe, the speaker of Parliament, arrived in Addis Ababa friaday for consultations on the current challenges facing the TFG, as well as discussions on how best TFG leaders should coordinate their efforts to move the peace process forward. This week, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ould-Abdallah, asked the Somali Parliament to postpone any debate on these issues until the first meetings of the Joint Security Committee and the High Level Committee, set up under the Djibouti Agreement signed on June 9, had been concluded. These are due to start in Djibouti tomorrow, Saturday. Delegations from the TFG and the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia will attend. Those expected in Djibouti include TFG Prime Minister Nur Hassan ‘Adde’ and the leaders of the ARS, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan. Representatives from the international community and regional organizations including France (current chair of the EU), the US, the UK, the African Union, the League of Arab States, the EU, the European Commission, the Organization of Islamic Conference, IGAD and UNDP will be present more..http://www.mfa.gov.et/Press_Section/Week_Horn_Africa_August_15_2008.htm