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DDG artikel: Lokalforankret stabiliserings-indsats i Somalia

17.03.11

Kategori: Nyheder, internationalt, Pressemeddelelser, DDG, Nødhjælp, Afrikas Horn

 

‘Armed non-state actors and displacement’ - er temaet i den nyeste udgave af bladet Forced Migration Review, der bl.a. indeholder en artikel skrevet af Siris Hartkorn, rådgiver i Dansk Flygtningehjælps minerydningsafdeling, Danish Demining Group (DDG):

Community-led stabilisation in Somalia

Non-state armed groups are often considered to lack legitimacy as potential counterparts in building security institutions but when they are in fact in control, this point of view has to be reviewed.

Somalia has for many years been known as the classic example of a failed state and illustrates clearly how difficult it can be to restore state institutions after their total collapse. Prolonged civil war, famine and poverty have caused a humanitarian crisis with large flows of IDPs and an estimated 3.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Yet while increasing numbers of the population are in urgent need of assistance, access by international agencies to provide relief has become more difficult as a result of pressure from Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs).”

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