- April 4, 2024
- Posted by: Muctar Hersi
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Clan conflicts in Somalia have a long history, dating back to the colonial era through the period before the collapse of the government in 1991, up to the present day. For this reason, Somalis have developed rich experience in resolving interclan conflicts using traditional resolution mechanisms. This approach focuses on the containment of the conflict of the day rather than building and sustaining peace and/or preventing the re-escalation of conflicts.
To prevent the recurrence of conflicts and keep peace, peacebuilding initiatives need to be influenced by a web of different actors, all the way from elite leadership to grassroots level. This study focuses on a Joint Peace Committee that was established in the Cadaadda area of the borders between Puntland, Somalia, and Ethiopia to prevent the recurrence of a conflict and build the broken relationship between two disputing clans.
This paper, authored by Abdirahman Said Bile and co-produced by Rift Valley Institute (RVI) and Puntland Development and Research Center (PDRC), explores the effectiveness of joint peace committees in preventing the recurrence of conflicts as well as building peace after the peace agreement is signed by the clans.