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A spokesman for Somalia’s Hawiye clan said Thursday that clan elders are ready to convince rebel forces to stop attacking Somalian government and Ethiopian forces on the condition that Ethiopian troops withdraw from the country, Somalian media reported.
But even if there is a peace deal in Mogadishu, it might not bode well for peace in the Horn of Africa.
The Hawiye is one of Somalia’s two dominant clans, and more importantly, it is the clan that gave rise to the Supreme Islamic Courts Council (SICC), which was driven underground by Ethiopia’s invasion in December 2006. The clan is divided, however, over how to handle Somalia’s government and the Ethiopian troops sustaining it. Thursday’s offer came as the former political head of the SICC, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, speaking from the Eritrean capital of Asmara, ruled out any peace talks with Somalia’s government and vowed to fight Ethiopian forces until they are driven from Somalia.
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