Show Standard-Examin- World er Sunday October 11995 19A For Somalians life somehow goes on - Kenva (AP) men claim to be president and there still is no government The warlords are warring again Bandits roam the roads Hunger has crept back into the shattered capital Somalia today is pretty much the way the United States and the United Nations found it almost three years ago when they halted a devastating famine then tried unsuccessfully to stitch it back into a nation Pretty much the same but not quite To a surprising degree Somalia sort of works Farmers are growing crops Nomads are tending expanding herds and flocks The northern ports at Bosasso and Berbera are booming exporting sheep goats camels and cowhide across the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula and bringing back consumer goods that find their way into shops and kiosks throughout the elbow-shape- d country in startling quantities True the capital Mogadishu lies smashed and still divided between the country's principal warlords Its airport has been closed since March when the last UN peacekeepers left Its seaport operates only sporadically Water has stopped running and the only electricity comes from generators With the departing UN mission went thousands of jobs it paid for So while food is available in Mogadishu's markets many people can no longer afford to buy it Malnutrition is rising and some deaths have been reported among the weakest and most vulnerable children and the elderly But Mogadishu is not Somalia And Somalia - as a society if not a nation - is functioning bound together in part by entrepreneurs and traders who buy and sell freely across clan and ideological lines that otherwise divide the country G'C M Mutiso a Kenyan scholar and consultant who has spent the last six months in Somalia on an internationally financed project to train local administrative councils sees hope for the future springing up from the grass roots "There is an amazing amount of cooperation and trade between various districts" Mutiso said "The people are sick and tired of war and the warlords They realize that the civil strife that led to the famine of 1992 brought them nothing but N) misery" That disillusionment has led in part to a weakening of the power base of Gen Mohamed Farrah Aidid the warlord who once defied and confounded American military might and now is one of the three B a CD -- IX? 1 I Troubled Berbera - Dire- ' ' ETHIOPIA j J vHobyo — j j jQfMogadshu j KENYA y ?Morr±8$a Indian Ocean j ZOO JTlrias Associated Press pretenders to Somalia's nonexistent presidency UN and aid officials who work in Somalia say that the rise of Osman Ato once Aidid's biggest financier is the most obvious sign the balance of power has changed and that a settlement finally could be on the horizon In the last few months Ato has ousted Aidid as chairman of the Somalia National Alliance cut into the warlord's power base in their mutual Habre-Ged- ir subclan and opened talks with Aidid's chief rival Ali Mahdi Mohamed another j president Until the dramatic rise of Ato Aidid was seen as the man holding the key to any political settlement in Somalia largely because of his skill as a military organizer and the strength of his militia But Ato is working hard with other faction leaders to marginalize ID full-sca- y Saints includes nearly three hundred beautiful pictures allowing you and your family to experience LDS life and history through the sensitivity power and emotions of great artists A priceless volume to own or give S49 95 full-col- or Deseret Book® i 999-199- 9 999-199- 9 2499-399- 9 r yd yd yd $5 yd Heres the forecast gijaB!uiniiijljiiiiii Tien you open a First Security Home Equity Lne youH get more than a great low rate YouH also get a $ 0 rebate Quite a bonus considering that air Home Equity Line has no dosing costs or fees and comes with a specialists: 1 1 579-746- 7 778-210- 0 ten-ye- OremProvo 227-308- 3 St Ceorge Pocatello Idaho Falls 634-493- 9 interest-onl- STANDARD APR AFTER 6 MONTHS 238-461- 7 525-402- " payment option The conditions are perfect so apply y MrmSt-rrDI- FSBJ2 today! 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