As the conflict fragments and becomes more complex, an understanding of how economics has sustained the war may be essential to ensure that Somali’s business interests fall on the side of peace and don’t profit further from instability.
Tag: somalia
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A recent famine in Somalia has complicated progress in stabilizing this war-torn country and provided new challenges for Ambassador Augustine Mahiga, who was appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) on June 9, 2010. Ambassador Mahiga spoke to Jérémie Labbé, IPI Senior Policy […]
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On August 24th, the Humanitarian Policy Group of the London-based Overseas Development Institute released an online issue of the journal Disasters focusing on famine (available here for free). As yet another acute humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa hits international media headlines, this special issue is a valuable reminder of past successes and pitfalls […]
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In the last few months, the humanitarian situation in the entire Horn of Africa region has been steadily deteriorating owing to a drought caused by the climatic phenomenon La Niña. The situation is all the more worrying in Somalia, where a decades-long conflict has driven some 250,000 Somalis out of their homes since May in […]