By Solomon A. Dersso. ISS paper, October 2010.
Somalia’s transitional government has yet to extinguish the security threat of Al Shabaab, who has effectively tapped the Somali diaspora network for support and radicalized segments of some regional Somali communities. Meanwhile, displacement and famine in Al Shabaab’s extensive areas of control are worsening due to its targeting of aid organization and indiscriminate tactics. Somalia’s transitional government must articulate a clearer strategy to reconcile local Somali communities and engage the Somalia diaspora, possibly focused on alleviating humanitarian suffering and civilian vulnerability.
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