Opinion: Lessons for peace in Somalia
The list of attendees at the London Somalia Conference was impressive: British Prime Minister Theresa May (pictured above) kicked off the meeting that was meant to serve both as donor and security conference. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini, US Defense Secretary James Mattis and Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed , also known by his nick name Farmajo (cheese), also joined May in London. The goal of the meeting was to sign off on a "new security partnership for Somalia"; the corner stone of this plan has been on the table since April. That begs the question: What happened to the countless other security partnerships with and for Somalia? Since the early 1990s, there have been 20 Somalia conferences. The last time the international community came together in London in 2012, there was lots of talk, and promises were made, but the conference did not lead to many concrete results. Read more: Somali