The Closing Window in Somalia
By Douglas Farah
Already the transitional government in Somalia appears to have almost completely squandered the small chance it had to begin to restore the country to some form of functionality.
Jendayi Frazer, the State Department's point person on Somalia, acknowledges that time is running out and that the leaders of the government have done almost nothing to reach out to form a more inclusive body politic.
This can only lead to further violence and chaos. Already the government of Abdullahi Yusuf has shown an intolerant streak and the infighting among the Darod clan and the Hawiye clan (and the various sub clans and sub-sub clans) is threatening to cripple the government almost before it begins.
The Ethiopian troops, now viewed widely as an occupying force, cannot leave because there is no one to replace them-no national army and no international force. The AU is still dithering, as it did in the case of Sudan, and is likely to be unable to muster the will or the attention to actually take any signficiant steps. My full blog is here.
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