Lawfare Archive: The Future of Somalia
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🗓️ 20 November 2021
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
From August 9, 2014: Washington was abuzz this week as more than 50 African leaders were in town for the first U.S.-Africa Summit. On August 8, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of Somalia, spoke at Brookings on the future of his country. In his talk, President Mohamud addresses the challenges to democracy that Somalia faces, and how Somalia, the African Union, and other international partners can work together to ensure security, foster development, and promote stable state-building in the country. President Mohamud also addresses the challenges his state faces in its ongoing battle against Al-Shabab militants—a mission that the U.S. has contributed more than half a billion dollars to since 2007. President Mohamud provides a realistic assessment of that threat, while highlighting the efforts his country is taking to bring democracy to Somalia. Michael E. O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings, provides introductory remarks and moderates the conversation.
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| 0:27.3 | and the aftermath. |
| 0:40.3 | I'm Emily Day and this is an episode from the LawFair archives from November 20th 2021. |
| 0:46.2 | The Somali Civil War has raged on for three decades now and one of Africa's deadliest |
| 0:50.5 | terrorist groups, Al Shabab, remains one of the country's most powerful political and military |
| 0:55.3 | actors. |
| 0:56.3 | Justice we saw with the Bosch withdrawal from Afghanistan in August, the American anti-terrorist |
| 1:01.1 | campaign in Somalia has been stymied by an alliance with the weak corrupt government |
| 1:05.5 | and an unmanageable insurgent group. |
| 1:08.0 | Some officials have said that the Biden administration could unveil a new Somalia policy in the coming |
| 1:12.6 | weeks. |
| 1:13.6 | For this week, I chose an episode from August 9th, 2014 in which then President of Somalia |
| 1:19.1 | Hassan Sheikh Mohammed spoke with Brookings on the future of his country and addressed |
| 1:23.3 | the challenges his state faces in its ongoing battle against Al Shabab. |
| 1:30.9 | I'm Cody Poplin and this is the LawFair podcast August 9th, 2014. |
| 1:36.5 | Yesterday President Mohammed spoke with Brookings on the future of his country. |
| 1:41.1 | As the US Africa Summit came to an end in Washington, President Mohammed addressed |
| 1:45.1 | the challenges to democracy that his country faces. |
| 1:48.7 | In House Somalia, the African Union, and other international partners can work together |
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