Opinion: From Defiance to Dialogue—Somalia’s Federalism Remains Unfinished
OP-ED: A Federation at a Crossroads: Somalia’s Leap from Standoff to Settlement
Somalia is staring down a constitutional and political rupture that exceeds the usual turbulence of fragile states. A high-stakes confrontation between the Federal Government in Mogadishu, headed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and the South West State administration led by President Abdiaziz Laftagareen, has emerged as the most perilous challenge to Somalia’s federal project since its launch. Beneath the surface lies an architecture…