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A soldier on the African Union Mission in Somalia standing guard on a street during a security operation in Mogadishu, Somalia. EPA/Tobin Jones

November 7, 2019

Urban peacekeeping: What we’ve learnt from AU’s mission in Somalia

Emma Elfversson, Uppsala University; Paul D. Williams, George Washington University, and Sara Lindberg Bromley, Uppsala University

AMISOM’s experiences suggest that urban peace operations must be given sufficient resources from the outset

Mohamed Noor (left) and Huda Omar pose for a photograph during their wedding ceremony in Mogadishu, a picture at odds with the city’s reputation. Reuters/Feisal Omar

September 28, 2016

The Mayor of Mogadishu: what you get when African cliché is dropped

Keith Somerville, University of Kent

The Mayor of Mogadishu tells the story of Somalia with a personal and very human touch without losing sight of complex national and international political dimensions.

Twenty years later, the instability that began in Mogadishu still ripples through East Africa. TSGT Perry Heimer/USMC

October 3, 2013

Black Hawk Down returns: how local conflicts become regional

Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham

Twenty years ago, on 3 and 4 October 1993, the so-called Battle of Mogadishu, also referred to as Black Hawk Down, raged in the Somali capital. Two decades on, this region of East Africa still suffers…

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Stefan Wolff
Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Keith Somerville
Visiting Professor, University of Kent
Paul D. Williams
Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
Emma Elfversson
Associate professor, Uppsala University
Sara Lindberg Bromley
Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University

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