To build a state, Somalia must retire clan elders from politics Last week, Mogadishu offered the world yet another glimpse of Somalia’s permanent purgatory.…
Tag: Politics
The Veto of the Vanquished: How “Consensus” Became the Grave of the Somali State
Obey the brokers, or risk collapse Somali politics has always had a talent for hiding ugly realities beneath respectable language. No word hides more…
The Double-Dealer’s Dilemma: Identity, and the Business of Victimhood
Playing victim in Hargeisa and power broker in Mogadishu how the same narrative sustains both In the high-stakes theater of Somali politics, few narratives…