While working in Somalia, Afghanistan and South Sudan, I often tried finding underlying commonalities. In Afghanistan, the institutions were found cow-towing to warlords, in South Sudan to SPLA veterans and Somalia to clan chiefs. The key reason for this inter alia includes the political system, which supports the rich, who hobnob with the powerful and exploit the masses. Unless the whole political system of electioneering and governance is reformed, this vicious cycle would only generate the leadership that most desist. In Somalia, Afghanistan nothing of an empowered federal authority existed.

Source: The Nation March 06, 2022 06:11 UTC