Contributions from the Column Facts and trends African churches find it difficult to deal with AIDS Somalia BMZ suggests utilising new dynamism in Africa Development assistance rising “The trade in used capital goods must be regulated” Austrian Development Agency starts working Expert discussion: Speed up poverty reduction 40th GDI training course 3/2004   Somalia is once again hoping for peace. The main clan leaders and the Somali transitional government under President Abdulkassim Salat Hassan agreed in Nairobi in late January to form a new transitional Parliament. The assembly is to consist of 275 MPs, of whom the four largest clans may nominate 61 each and the smaller clans the remaining 31. According to the peace agreement, the Parliament is to elect a president who will then appoint a prime minister. Immediately after the agreement was signed, Salat Hassan said that he would recognise every vote and give up power. However, in view of the many sub-clans, into which the main ones fragment, even selecting the MPs will probably prove difficult. The Nairobi agreement is the 14th attempt to make peace in Somalia since 1991. (ell)