Waging Peace in Somalia
The UN's Special Representative for Somalia is back on the ground in Mogadishu for the first time since 1995, and he reports that the prospects for peace are now stronger than at any time in two decades. But capitalizing on the opportunity requires the global community’s engagement and political will to see the transition process through to completion.
MOGADISHU – Later this week, an important high-level conference on Somalia in London, sponsored by the British government and attended by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will present an unprecedented opportunity to take stock of – and reinvigorate – the international community’s engagement in Somalia. The meeting could not come at a better time – these are momentous days in the Horn of Africa.