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Adapting 'building-block' approach to peace

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    Stephen said the 'building block' approach favoured by Ethiopia -mandated by the OAU and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) with coordinating the search for peace in Somalia -, whereby the leaders of peaceful regions within Somalia would eventually come together, would have to be merged with the Egyptian approach, "which put greater emphasis on
    the need for a stronger central government." Meanwhile, Djibouti, which holds the IGAD presidency, has proposed "an interim council to be recognised as a government that would organise elections and restore a government structure", Stephen added. Under this approach, there would be a bicameral chamber consisting of traditional elders on the one hand and regional leaders on the other, he said.

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