Mario B Posted June 18, 2012 HOW TO HELP SOMALIA The president of Puntland State argues that to defeat the global threats of piracy, terrorism, and anarchy, the world needs to think locally. BY ABDIRAHMAN MOHAMED MOHAMUD FAROLE | JUNE 18, 2012 Recent headlines about al-Shabab terrorist bombings in Kenya and the disruption of Somali-originated terror plots in the Netherlands have served to reinforce the conventional view of Somalia as a war-torn country lacking a functioning government and infested with extremists and pirates -- the view also expressed by Foreign Policy's 2012 Failed States Index, which once again ranked it as the world's most unstable country. This view is not entirely wrong. But less widely understood is that several regions in Somalia -- particularly Puntland State -- have functioning governments that have taken concrete steps to address the threats of terrorism, political fragmentation, and piracy that plague the country as a whole. If the international community wants to get serious about helping Somalia -- and combating the internationally dangerous groups that take refuge here -- it must increase support for state governments, such as Puntland, and commit itself to a federalist Somalia. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/06/18/How_to_Help_Somalia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ugaas Ali Posted June 18, 2012 Mario B;842880 wrote: No comments? :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ugaas Ali Posted June 18, 2012 i guess by now people expect certain people to post certain things. smh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
