Understanding the Somalia conflagration identity, political Islam and peacebuilding
Somalia has been devastated by a US-backed Ethiopian invasion and years of civil war, and it has long been without a central government. Against this background of violence, Somali academic Afyare Abdi Elmi, attempts to explain the multiple dimensions of the conflict and find a peace-building consen...
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London
Pluto Press
[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : conflict and peace in Somalia
- Understanding the sources of Somali conflict
- Clan identity and implications for peacebuilding in Somalia
- Making sense of Islam and Islamic awakening in Somalia
- Understanding the US policy toward Somalia
- The role of regional countries and organizations in the Somali conflict
- Peacebuilding education : contested resource and vehicle for social transformation
- Role for the international community : options and implications
- Conclusion : a way forward