Somalia and its (Arab) Neighbors: New President, New Chapter

Par Brendon Novel / 5 mars 2023

« This was Hassan Sheikh Mahamud’s motto during the last presidential campaign, which he won in May 2022. Since assuming office as Somalia’s new president, this slogan became the mainstay of the president’s two-pronged roadmap for the country, which seeks to elevate Somalia’s federal project and repair relations with those countries that were at odds with Mogadishu during the divisive presidency of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo’s between 2017 and 2022. Most significantly, relations with the United Arab Emirates have been restored on the basis of a new security agreement. This move falls squarely within Somalia’s foreign policy recalibration aimed at mustering broad-based support for the ongoing military offensive against al-Shabaab, which still rules large swaths of Somalia in the center and the south. »

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