Somalia at Risk: Demagogues and Their Threat to National Unity
Editorial Verdict: Somalia at a Crossroads — Demagoguery, Patronage and the Fraying of Federalism
Three and a half years into a four‑year term, critics of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud argue that the promise of a renewed Somalia — one that could finally suppress Al‑Shabaab, rebuild institutions and knit together fractious clans — has been replaced by a politics of personalization. What began as hopeful restoration has, they say, slid toward centralisation, clientelism and the politicisation of security and aid. The…