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How Somalia Saves Uganda and Tanzania From Going to War

The now 'failed state' mediated in a peace deal 44 years ago to prevent its two neighbours from going to war, writes Henry Lubega for the The Monitor.

Daily Monitor

Defusing tensions. Following tensions between Uganda and Tanzania 1972, OAU secretary general approached Kenya to mediate. However the Jomo Kenyatta government declined. With Kenya refusing to mediate, three other heads of state agreed to take on the task, but it was Somali president Siad Barre who succeeded and came up with a five-point peace plan.

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