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Barakat Hotel, Nairobi Kenya, June 28, 2009
Since 1991, the search for a post-Siad Barre State has taken many forms with mixed results. The contest for power between the different forces continues to exert its toll in humanitarian terms. A large segment of the Somali Society is dispersed around the world while the other continues to wallow in uncertainty characterized by mutating forms of violence. The International Community continues to employ a number of strategies that have so far failed to give birth to a viable state. Among the Intellectuals and civil society at large, the cycle of violence continues to raise apprehension. That the Somali society is suffering from dislocation has never been in doubt. What is perhaps the question of the moment is what it will take to reconcile this society.
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August 19th, 2009
Somalia is undergoing through a critical time of its history. When Islamist came to power, people expected there will be a change. But that has turned into a nightmare. So-called terrorism and piracy have brought the world attention to Somalia after about a decade of no interest.