After several days of intense fighting between Islamist insurgents and African Union peacekeepers, about a dozen civilians have died and thousands of Somalis have fled Mogadishu.
Sarjoh Bah, Ph.D., a research associate for New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, speaks with Martin Savidge about the chaos on the ground in Somalia. He calls the country the “world’s longest running failed state” and discusses the U.S.’s role in stabilizing the country.
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