Abdi Ismail Samatar is a Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria and Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on the relationship between democracy and development in the Third World in general and Africa in particular. At the moment, he s looking at the link between democratic leadership, public institutions, and development in East and South Africa. Other themes include Islam, social capital and ethnicity in the Horn of Africa, and environment and development.
Elected Member of the African Academy of Sciences Member: Board of Trustees of Mogadishu University Member: Board of Trustees of Kismayo University
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8 April 2021, 3:30 PM | SABC | @SABCNews
Image: ReutersCritics have accused Farmaajo, who is seeking a second term, of delaying the election to extend his current mandate.
Contentious issues include the formation of the electoral commission, the selection of commission members for the breakaway region of Somaliland, and the crisis in the Somalia-Kenya border region of Gedo.
Critics have accused Farmaajo, who is seeking a second term, of delaying the election to extend his current mandate.
“The first thing to say is that there is huge disappointment all across Somalia because of the collapse of the talks, but I think clearly anybody (who) has been following this crisis for some time would probably not be surprised by this turn of events. The writing was on the wall and it was clearly these talks were headed nowhere,” says Horn of Africa researcher at the International Crisis G
8 April 2021, 3:30 PM | SABC | @SABCNews
Image: ReutersCritics have accused Farmaajo, who is seeking a second term, of delaying the election to extend his current mandate.
Contentious issues include the formation of the electoral commission, the selection of commission members for the breakaway region of Somaliland, and the crisis in the Somalia-Kenya border region of Gedo.
Critics have accused Farmaajo, who is seeking a second term, of delaying the election to extend his current mandate.
“The first thing to say is that there is huge disappointment all across Somalia because of the collapse of the talks, but I think clearly anybody (who) has been following this crisis for some time would probably not be surprised by this turn of events. The writing was on the wall and it was clearly these talks were headed nowhere,” says Horn of Africa researcher at the International Crisis G
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