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Hassan Sheikh and the Politics of Merit: Can the Architect of Patronage Now Lecture Somalia on Nepotism?

By Abdullahi A. Nor President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Somalia is finally preparing to move beyond clan-based recruitment and replace political connections with merit, competence and qualifications. It is a message that would be difficult to oppose—if it were coming from a government with a convincing record of practicing what it preaches. Instead, the president’s... The post Hassan Sheikh