Liban Obsiye & Liban A. Hussein, Author at African Arguments

Girls line up during a basketball drill in Mogadishu, Somalia. Credit: AU UN IST/Tobin Jones.

To counter al-Shabaab, Somalia’s new govt must do something for the kids

President Mohamud must honestly examine why thousands of children have been recruited by the militants, whether forcibly or otherwise. Earlier this month, Somali legislators selected Hassan ...

Why Somalia’s grand strategies aren’t working

Afghanistan shows that billions of dollars and years of international support aren’t enough. Somalia’s insecurity problem needs a Somali solution. Somalia’s security challenges are almost always ...

Somalia’s divided army reflects its divided politics

The Somali National Army’s recent infighting along clan lines exposed its ongoing fragility. But integration is possible. On 25 April, the Somali National Army (SNA) shocked ...