Postby Gabre » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:01 am
The solution seems pretty obvious, the rest of Mudug that isn't Pirateland and Galgaduud join as one new federal state. Hiiran and Middle Shabelle as another federal state. That way you have 2 Hawiye-majority federal states and 2 Daarood-majority states (Pirateland and Jubbaland). The newly-minted Raxanweyn-majority state (Bay + Bakool + Lower Shabelle) acts as the balancing power. Mogadishu/Banaadir is a federally chartered city like Addis Ababa. Troublesome Gaalkacyo can be the other federally administered city, like Dire Dawa.
But then again this is Somalia, so nothing is that simple and no one really wants a solution. Just to win.
By this time next year who knows what crazy developments have happened that make all this effort so far go to waste. It happened so many times before in the last 25 years.