Dr. Jude Cocodia is a professor of the Niger Delta University, Nigeria, and a research fellow of the University of the Free State, South Africa.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The International Media and Security in Africa: Doctored Reportage and Dire Outcomes; 3. The Miscalculation of the AU, the Radicalisation of Al-Shabaab; 4. What Should Have Been; 5. Charting Its Course; Post Script. Reflections on Peace in Somaliland 2022–2023; References; Index

“This timely book is based on a critique of international and regional intervention in the Somali crisis by the AU, UN and neighbouring states. Its strength lies in its analysis of the limitations of international intervention in Somalia by pointing to its inability to resolve the crisis. The book poses a critical challenge to the dominant paradigm of conflict resolution and peace intervention, by raising fundamental questions about the hegemonic interests underlining external intervention in Somalia. This forms a well-informed basis for advocating an effective and more viable homegrown alternative to the problematic external interventions. It offers a brilliantly articulated Pan-African perspective on the salience of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms to the quest for building sustainable peace on the continent.” —Cyril Obi, Programme Director, African Peacebuilding Network, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, USA.

Dr. Jude Cocodia is a professor of the Niger Delta University, Nigeria, and a research fellow of the University of the Free State, South Africa.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The International Media and Security in Africa: Doctored Reportage and Dire Outcomes; 3. The Miscalculation of the AU, the Radicalisation of Al-Shabaab; 4. What Should Have Been; 5. Charting Its Course; Post Script. Reflections on Peace in Somaliland 2022–2023; References; Index

“This timely book is based on a critique of international and regional intervention in the Somali crisis by the AU, UN and neighbouring states. Its strength lies in its analysis of the limitations of international intervention in Somalia by pointing to its inability to resolve the crisis. The book poses a critical challenge to the dominant paradigm of conflict resolution and peace intervention, by raising fundamental questions about the hegemonic interests underlining external intervention in Somalia. This forms a well-informed basis for advocating an effective and more viable homegrown alternative to the problematic external interventions. It offers a brilliantly articulated Pan-African perspective on the salience of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms to the quest for building sustainable peace on the continent.” —Cyril Obi, Programme Director, African Peacebuilding Network, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, USA.

Dr. Jude Cocodia is a professor of the Niger Delta University, Nigeria, and a research fellow of the University of the Free State, South Africa.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The International Media and Security in Africa: Doctored Reportage and Dire Outcomes; 3. The Miscalculation of the AU, the Radicalisation of Al-Shabaab; 4. What Should Have Been; 5. Charting Its Course; Post Script. Reflections on Peace in Somaliland 2022–2023; References; Index

“This timely book is based on a critique of international and regional intervention in the Somali crisis by the AU, UN and neighbouring states. Its strength lies in its analysis of the limitations of international intervention in Somalia by pointing to its inability to resolve the crisis. The book poses a critical challenge to the dominant paradigm of conflict resolution and peace intervention, by raising fundamental questions about the hegemonic interests underlining external intervention in Somalia. This forms a well-informed basis for advocating an effective and more viable homegrown alternative to the problematic external interventions. It offers a brilliantly articulated Pan-African perspective on the salience of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms to the quest for building sustainable peace on the continent.” —Cyril Obi, Programme Director, African Peacebuilding Network, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, USA.