Somalia -- Peace Deal Signed But Violence Continues

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Somalia: Somali Gov’t, Opposition Sign
Peace Deal In Djibouti -- Somalinet

(SomaliNet) UN officials said on Tuesday that Somalia's government has formally signed a peace deal with some opposition figures, but the pact initialled in June has been rejected by hardliners and done little to quell violence.

Since early last year, more than 8,000 Somali civilians have been killed and 1 million uprooted in fighting pitting Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf's interim administration and allied Ethiopian forces against Islamist rebels.

His government and a faction of the opposition initialled a tentative peace agreement on June 9 at UN-led talks in Djibouti, and then formally signed it late on Monday.

"The parties agreed to continue the political dialogue between themselves and refrain from making inflammatory statements," the United Nations said in a statement.

"They strongly condemn the perpetrators as well as those who mastermind and fund violence which targets innocent people, including killings, indiscriminate shelling, looting, raping and acts of piracy."

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My Comment: Somalia is a failed state. No one has any control over the country. This peace deal is already dead.