Having confined their descriptions on the prime minister of Ethiopia’s character (personality) and his behavior as a politician, those Somali politicians and
The Somalia Kenya Conundrum
OTTAWA (HAN) May 15. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. OPINON BY: Dr. Suleiman Walhad. Kenya was a creation of the British Empire, when it became a colony in 1920, gaining independence in 1963, while Somalia is a creation of the Somali people when the two parts of ex-British Somaliland and Ex-Italian Somaliland joined in a union in 1960. Historically one is colonial creation while the other is a creation of its own people and hence the background clearly explains partially the enigma of the complex love and hate relationship between the two states, where on the one hand one is clinging to some colonial structure while the other wants to preserve its patrimony.