Somalia: Negotiating the balance between 'African Solutions' and international responses

This event will specifically focus on the challenges Somalia presents for international and regional security and the role of African states and ‘African Solutions’ in responding to such challenges. The session will be introduced by Professor Nicholas Wheeler, Director of the new Institute for Conflict Cooperation and Security at the University of Birmingham.

Speakers and topics include:

African problems? Somalia’s challenge to peace and security in Africa and beyond
Professor Paul Williams, George Washington University: ‘AMISOM's Challenges: A Hybrid Solution to an International Problem?’
Dr Knox Chitiyo, Chatham House: ‘Reflections on “African Solutions” in Somalia and beyond’

African solutions? Motives for, and implications of, African intervention in Somalia
Professor David Anderson, Oxford University: ‘Kenya’s Somalia invasion: local indications, regional implications’
Dr Jonathan Fisher, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, IDD- University of Birmingham: 'Uganda in Somalia: Five years on, still the same story?'

Attendance at the Somalia event is free, but places are limited by the size of venue. If you would like to attend please email Dr. Danielle Beswick at d.beswick@bham.ac.uk for details of the location and to reserve a place.