Somalia : a nation without a state

Abstract

Report from four public seminars on the conflict in Somalia, held during October and November 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden with Nuruddin Farah, Somali Novelist, Roland Marchal, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, Asha Hagi, member of the Somalia Transitional Federal Parliament and civil society activist, Jens Odlander, Swedish Ambassador for the Somali Peace Process, Shane Quinn, Programme officer at the Life and Peace Institute, Sweden, and Sahra Bargadle and Hayan Ismail from the swedish-somali Diaspora. Marika Fahlén, Special Advisor for the Horn of Africa at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs acted as moderator for the panel discussion.The seminars were jointly organized by the Life and Peace Institute, The Nordic Africa Institute and ABF Stockholm.

CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Map of Somalia -- Seminar 1: “To Whom Does Somalia Belong?” A Novelist’s Account of the Somali Conflict. Nuruddin Farah -- Seeminar 2: The Role of Religion in the Somali Conflict and External Ways to Deal with. Roland Marchal -- Seminar 3: Women’s Contribution to Peace in Somalia. Asha Hagi -- Seminar 4: Panel Discussion: Somalia – Prospects for Peace? -- Bibliography