Alex Thurston posted earlier this week on the trend towards political fragmentation in Somalia:
The Transitional Federal Government looks unlikely to win a major victory in its assault on al Shabab, the TFG's alliance with pro-government militia Ahlu Sunna looks shaky, and the conflict between al Shabab and Hizbul Islam continues.
The Shabab militia came to power promising to transcend this kind of factionalism. It increasingly looks like just another faction, though, another militia in a country dotted with them.





