Somalia: A Decade On, Somalia's Federal Pact Benefits Elites and Al-Shabaab - but It Fails the People
Political elites and al-Shabaab benefit from checkpoint rents and aid diversion, while large parts of the population see little return, researchers said.
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Somalia: A Decade On, Somalia's Federal Pact Benefits Elites and Al-Shabaab - but It Fails the People
Analysis - The federal government of Somalia was established in 2013 after years of peace and reconciliation talks, held in the context of a famine in 2011 and the rise of militant Islam in the form of al-Shabaab. It was the first permanent central government in Somalia since the start of the civil war in 1991.
A decade on, Somalia’s federal pact benefits elites and al-Shabaab – but it fails the people
The federal government of Somalia was established in 2013 after years of peace and reconciliation talks, held in the context of a famine in 2011 and the rise of militant Islam in the form of al-Shabaab. It was the first permanent central government in Somalia since the start of the civil war in 1991. Peace agreements and political settlements do not necessarily transform a country’s development prospects. In Somalia and the region, conflict and …
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