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As Somalia Unravels, Its Elites Are Absorbed in Their Own Rivalries
Mogadishu's cafes are full, its skyline is changing and tourists are arriving — but it is in the midst of a constitutional crisis. Somalia's fragile revival is now hostage to an elite absorbed in its own rivalries.
Understanding Somalia’s Destruction
In the 1960s Somalia was a democratic pacesetter in Africa, and by the 1990s it was a byword for chaos and destruction. Inadequate institutions, territorial disputes, Cold War dynamics and an increasingly authoritarian leader all played their part in the country’s decline.