Somalia’s toxic political and security order: the death knell of democracy

[Deeq A.]

By the mid-1990s, it was clear to the world that Somalia had become Africa’s first failed post-colonial state. But this vast country of just 10 million people had had a glorious history before this calamity. It was the first to enjoy a democratic transfer of power on the continent, in 1964 and 1967.

Source: Hiiraan Online