In January 1991 , the mohamed siad bare government of somalia collapsed and th SNM took power in the north ,as the struggle for power in southern somalia degenerated rapidly in to civil war , the SNM leadership abandoned hopes that an acceptable government could be established in mogadishu and withdrew its forces from the battle for the capital .in april1991,the SNM convened a peace conference of the northern clans of burao.
Almost simultaneously the unilateral declaration of a new government in mogadishu persuaded somalilanders that a just an equitable political settlement was no longer possible .popular protests through out somaliland and mounting public anger left the delegates at the burao conference no choice on 18 may 1991 they declared the dissolution of 1960 union and the restoration of somaliland as a sovereign state .
evidence of war crimes has been documented by the US department of state amnesty international and Africa watch .the committee of the investigation of war crimes ,established in 1995 , has since identified dozens of mass burial sites containing thousands of victims,compiled hundreds of hours witness testimony and identified over 200 individuals with alleged responsibility for the atrocity .
No comments:
Post a Comment