Somalia's plan to break free from aid dependence Rethinking Humanitarianism

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Aug 20, 202648:25News & Politics

For Abdihakim Ainte, a senior Somali government official, the international humanitarian system's sudden contraction has been both a "cataclysmic" shock – with devastating immediate consequences – and a reckoning that co...

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