- Global Voices - https://globalvoices.org -

Somalia: Those with guns should be allowed to govern

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Somalia, Politics, War & Conflict

Ken Opalo reacts to a story that Somali transitional government is reported to be soliciting for help [1]from the American security firm Blackwater: “My position on Somalia remains that those with power – guns and the majority of the people’s (revealed) hearts and minds – should be allowed to govern, regardless of their ideological leanings.”