A Somali National Army soldier stands outside the port city of Kismayo after the jihadist rebels al Shabab rebels retreated on Friday. Reuters
A Global Model For Peacebuilding – In Somalia? -- Christian Science Monitor
One of the world's most famous failed states, Somalia, finally shows surprising signs of progress. One reason may be Somali fatigue over violence, anarchy, and foreign meddling.
Somalia has long been the very model of a modern failed state. The largely ungoverned country on the Horn of Africa has suffered through pirates, terrorists, warlords, foreign invaders, and bandits, not to mention famine. Since 1991, more than a dozen plans to fix it have been tried by the international community.
For a world now very weary of mistakes made in trying to push democracy in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, it is easy to forget about Somalia.
But we shouldn’t.
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My Comment: It is too early to reach any conclusion that Somalia is a model for anything. But you would think that after decades of famine and war .... the people in the region must be yearning for a change.
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