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by Gitau Muthuma
Clan loyalty is key to the conflict in Somalia – and any peace settlement that does not tackle this issue is doomed to failure.
Fire power: a federal government soldier in Mogadishu, which has seen fierce fighting recently.
Photograph: Ibrahim Elmi/EPA.
Apart from Rwanda and Burundi, Somalia is the only other culturally homogeneous nation in Africa; yet it has been bedeviled by the curse of clannism. Read the rest of this entry »
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