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Somalia: What Went Wrong?
Aug 2009, Vol. 154, No. 4By Ken Menkhaus
After a more positive start to 2009, Somalia has declined again into violence and its patchwork government seems as weak as ever. With large portions of the country in the hands of violent Islamist insurgents, a government besieged in its own capital, and domestic and international hopes fading for a swift solution, prospects for the Horn of Africa nation seem grim. Ken Menkhaus analyses what went wrong, and the options available for a future settlement.
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