Some people, however, suspect Tour of deliberately sabotaging the country and delaying progress because of a secret wish to be reunited with Somalia. Several members of the government served in Siyad Barre's administration and have some ties with the south. So The military commanders who met at Sheikh pledged to find ways of reining in the armed militias causing the problems. But the militias, although formed along clan lines, often stray from the control of tribal leaders and resort to looting and robbery when they are hungry. Even if the militia rivalries can be brought under control, another threat to stability is growing in eastern Somaliland.
Islamic fundamentalists have bases there and are training for war.
Although still weak and inexperienced, they are growing in numbers for they alone offer a unifying ideology and have the foreign backing that is lacking everywhere else in this virtually forgotten nation.