Bona fide - The New York Times (22-09-13)

"Since 2011, Kenyan forces allied with Uganda and a handful of other African countries have fought to re-establish Somalia as a bona fide country, ruled by a functioning central government providing a modicum of social services and security to its people. To a surprising degree it has succeeded. It has driven Al Shabab’s warlords out of the capital and major cities.Piracy, once the scourge of the region’s coastal waters and the main source of the Islamists’ revenues, has been drastically reduced. International aid and investment is tentatively coming back into the country. If Somalia indeed has a chance to rejoin the community of functioning nations — and if Al Shabab is genuinely in retreat — it will be largely thanks to Kenya."

Fonte | The New York Times