Development and Cooperation


	Contributions from the Column Facts and trends Water: Multi-stakeholder dialogue does not take off World Bank: Wolfowitz to succeed Wolfensohn Donors delay aid for Sudan Afghanistan: Still torn apart EU parliament opposed to sugar reform Indicators for more effective aid Honour killings – an underestimated crime Supachai Panitchpakdi to head UNCTAD? IDA 14: More money for the poorest countries Somalia: Government is looking for a residence Haiti: Hopelessness 04/2005		Somalia’s new government is looking for a residence The new Somali government is discussing where to settle down. After President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi travelled the country for over a week, a government spokesman said that alternatives will have to be considered unless the security situation in Mogadishu improved. According to the BBC, Yusuf and Ghedi disagree on the issue. While the Prime Minister insists that the government has to move to the capital city, the President continues to avoid mentioning Mogadishu when discussing the relocation. Ghedi comes from Mogadishu, while Yusuf, former president of the autonomous province Puntland, has no support there. Meanwhile, in the Ugandan town of Entebbe in March, defence experts from Somalia’s neighbouring countries discussed dispatching a peacekeeping force to the crisis country. The security council of the African Union had given the green light for such troops in February. The plan to involve countries such as Ethiopia or Djibouti in the mission met with resistance in Somalia. Several powerful warlords, who also sit in the government, explained that they would welcome troops from the international community but oppose the deployment of soldiers from neighbouring countries. The US government and the non-governmental International Crisis Group also expressed reservations. (ell)