Thursday, June 13, 2019

Somalia: Negotiate with Al-Shabaab?

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) published on 11 June 2019 a commentary titled "Time To Consider Negotiating with Al-Shabaab in Somalia?" by Akinola Olojo, ISS Pretoria.

The author makes the case for negotiating with al-Shabaab since the military option appears not to be working. The problem is that al-Shabaab has never demonstrated any inclination to compromise and seems to insist on the the total capitulation of the government of Somalia. This leaves no room for negotiation.