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Peace talks continue in Djibouti

    NAIROBI

    Traditional leaders from Darod, Hawiye, Digil and Dir continue to meet in the Somalia National Peace Conference held in Arta, Djibouti, with 30 in each group, as well as representatives of minorities, according to diplomatic sources. The leaders were still choosing delegates and have been encouraged by the Djibouti government to limit the total number to 140. The conveners of the conference were encouraging the delegations to include a significant number of women. The role of the “warlords” was still being debated, with some putting pressure on the traditional leaders to include them in the delegations, the sources said. Some 600 Somalis who play no formal role were at the conference to lobby, discuss and prepare for the possible formation of a central government and a parliament, they added.

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