• Country/entity

  Ethiopia
  Somalia
  Ogaden
  Puntland
  

• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  

• Agreement name

  Adadda Peace Agreement

• Date

  15 May 1997

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Somali Civil War (1991 - ) )

• Stage

  Framework/substantive - comprehensive

• Conflict nature

  Inter-group

• Peace process

  Somali Local Peace Processes

• Parties

  Communities of Adadda.

• Third parties

  -

• Description

  Short agreement to be implemented by the community elders providing for management of resources according to customary law, preventing deforestation, preventing water catchment structures, reimbursement for those who have had their water catchments destroyed.

• Agreement document

  SO_970515_Adadda Peace Agreement.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  

• Rationale

  This is the first of a series of initiatives aimed at resolving the conflict in Adadda between 1997 and 2007. The parties to the agreement were hosted by Bah Ararsame traditional elders in Qoriley. Later initiatives in 2007 were more formally supported, including by the Puntland administration.

• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  No

• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  Neither the agreement text nor limited background research suggests a link to a national-level peace process.

• Name of Locale

  Adadda area

• Nature Of Locale

  Region

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  7.897211, 47.641990

• Participant type

  Local state actor
  Local armed group
  Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to

  Mediator (references)

  Mediator: Mediating committee

  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

  Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder

Local issues

Adadda Agreement, 1997

The mediating committee proposed the following:

- Immediate dismantling of forces at Kur’aad

- Management of resources ( in this case water ) through xeer, or customary law

- Formation of berkedo in common grazing areas are prohibited

- For environmental reasons, deforestation is prohibited

- Use of movable plastic reservoirs will substitute construction of [permanent] berkedo

- Nugaal authorities will monitor and regulate the building of new berkedo in Tukaale as well as other nearby common grazing land;

- Nugaal authorities are also responsible for reimbursement for destruction of berkedo;

- Community elders shall administer the implementation of the mediating committee’s recommendations;