Clan-based balkanization
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1/12
Had it not been for Somalis transgressing against other #Somalis, the state would neither have been in its current pitifully fragmented state, nor would it have become the poster child for the failed states.
#Thread
1/12
Had it not been for Somalis transgressing against other #Somalis, the state would neither have been in its current pitifully fragmented state, nor would it have become the poster child for the failed states.
2/12
Since independence) Somalia has been a pawn in a geopolitical chess game and a gambit in the global war on terrorism. In that half a century, Somalia has never been entirely independent of foreign influences & exploitations.
Since independence) Somalia has been a pawn in a geopolitical chess game and a gambit in the global war on terrorism. In that half a century, Somalia has never been entirely independent of foreign influences & exploitations.
3/12
But it was never pushed down to a level similar to the current where its nationhood, history & future aspirations are at a great risk.
Climbing out of current predicament would require an entirely different approach & stepping outside the confinement of the conventional.
But it was never pushed down to a level similar to the current where its nationhood, history & future aspirations are at a great risk.
Climbing out of current predicament would require an entirely different approach & stepping outside the confinement of the conventional.
4/12
Like a human being facing a deadly threat, there comes a time in a nation’s history when screaming, kicking, scratching, and using whatever means available to it is not only an existentialist obligation, but a moral one. Somalia is facing such a moment….
Like a human being facing a deadly threat, there comes a time in a nation’s history when screaming, kicking, scratching, and using whatever means available to it is not only an existentialist obligation, but a moral one. Somalia is facing such a moment….
5/12
Somalia’s fate is now in a runaway train known as “building-blocks” of deconstruction.....Within the Somali context, the concept promotes the official dismemberment of the State by “re-tribalization” & paves the way for its detrimental deconstruction or “re-colonization”.
Somalia’s fate is now in a runaway train known as “building-blocks” of deconstruction.....Within the Somali context, the concept promotes the official dismemberment of the State by “re-tribalization” & paves the way for its detrimental deconstruction or “re-colonization”.
6/12
....my interlocutor—a prominent analyst and one of the leading opinion makers on Somalia—asked me a question that perplexed : “So, when would President Sharif Ahmed realize that the only way the IC nity would continue its support is to declare his outfit as SCS?”
....my interlocutor—a prominent analyst and one of the leading opinion makers on Somalia—asked me a question that perplexed : “So, when would President Sharif Ahmed realize that the only way the IC nity would continue its support is to declare his outfit as SCS?”
7/12
I asked for clarification: “What is SCS?”
He replied with a flare of confidence & a grin: “South Central Somalia, of course. Considering how resourceful southerners are, SCS could easily become the commercial center that attracts business people from S/land & P/land”.
I asked for clarification: “What is SCS?”
He replied with a flare of confidence & a grin: “South Central Somalia, of course. Considering how resourceful southerners are, SCS could easily become the commercial center that attracts business people from S/land & P/land”.
8/12
I told him.....that approach would be like solving a problem by creating several others.
On September 2010, the Noref Report by the Norwegian Peace-building Center titled ‘Remaking of the Somali State: a renewed building-block (BB) approach’ was released.
I told him.....that approach would be like solving a problem by creating several others.
On September 2010, the Noref Report by the Norwegian Peace-building Center titled ‘Remaking of the Somali State: a renewed building-block (BB) approach’ was released.
9/12
The report advocated breaking up each regional territory into “a smaller pieces—building blocks—that can more effectively be managed by local authorities; then, when these become working polities, reunite them under a decentralized, federal or even con-federal structure.”
The report advocated breaking up each regional territory into “a smaller pieces—building blocks—that can more effectively be managed by local authorities; then, when these become working polities, reunite them under a decentralized, federal or even con-federal structure.”
10/12
A month later, on October 2010, the US State Department officially unveiled its “Dual-Track approach toward Somalia” which meant that US wud continue its dialogue/support of the TFG but start offering same for all other actors so long as they oppose al-Shabaab.
A month later, on October 2010, the US State Department officially unveiled its “Dual-Track approach toward Somalia” which meant that US wud continue its dialogue/support of the TFG but start offering same for all other actors so long as they oppose al-Shabaab.
11/12
(A decade later) a quick gaze at the political landscape projects a daunting picture. (5+1 clan-based federal states) with their own presidents (& prez to be), shady foreign, defense & economic deals.
(A decade later) a quick gaze at the political landscape projects a daunting picture. (5+1 clan-based federal states) with their own presidents (& prez to be), shady foreign, defense & economic deals.
12/12
So much for sustainable security collaboration, unified military command, and nation to nation treaties of mutual interest.
[2011]
scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1107…
So much for sustainable security collaboration, unified military command, and nation to nation treaties of mutual interest.
[2011]
scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1107…
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