AFRICA:
Leave Somalia Alone*

By Robert J. Myers

Almost four years after the U.S. mission to Somalia ended in catastrophe, some Americans still feel an urge to lend Somalia a helping hand. Yet as Hoover fellow Robert J. Myers explains, there is only one kind of people who can make a difference in Somalia: Somalis.

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Robert J. Myers is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.