5 - Is There a Solution to the Problems of Somalia?

Abstract

To the best of my knowledge, Afyare Abdi Elmi’s book provides unequalled documentation on the actors in the drama of Somalia. The explanation of this drama, the decomposition of the state which has unfolded since 1991 (the fall of Siyad Barre), demands a return to the country’s history from independence in 1960 until the fall of Barre in 1991. And on this point, Afyare is terse (see page 17), to say the least...