US and Ethiopia undermining peace in Somalia, says paper

[Xoogsade]

The Rise and Fall of Mogadishu’s Islamic Courts

 

 

Cedric Barnes, SOAS and Harun Hassan, SMC

 

 

• Multilateral efforts to support Somalia have been undermined by the strategic concerns of other international actors – notably Ethiopia and the United States.

 

 

• Security in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has severely deteriorated since the US-backed Ethiopian intervention in the country.

 

 

• The Islamic Courts, which were ousted, had strong support in the country but fell victim to the influences of ‘extremist elements’ within the country and an Ethiopian power eager for the Courts’ downfall.

 

 

• The standing of the Islamic Courts was damaged by their defeat but the subsequent disorder has served to make their time in control appear as a ‘Golden Age’.

 

• Support for the Courts has been fairly consistent for over a decade and is unlikely to melt away.

 

 

Read on this intereting report by Chatham House which Invited A/Y last year in London.

 

http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/africa/bpsomalia0407.pdf

[Ana_Juwa2]

Thanks for the Post, looks interesting.

[A.J.]

Interesting posting,

 

some good points i think about the dire situation in somalia