Introduction / Abdulahi A. Osman & Issaka K. Souaré -- A quantitative depiction of Somalia at the crossroads: assessing national capability and humanitarian development / Brock F. Tessman -- Perspectives on the state collapse in Somalia / Abdurahman M. Abdullahi (Baadiyow) -- Inclusive but unequal: the enigma of the 14th SNRC and the four-point-five (4.5) factor / Mohamed A. Eno -- The Somali conflict and the role of inequality, tribalism and clanism / Abdulahi A. Osman -- Somalia: a failed state governed by a failing government? / Gerrie Swart -- Somali reconciliation conferences: the unbeaten track / Mohamed H. Mukhtar -- Somalia's recovery and reformation: transcending the rhetoric of clan politics / Omar A. Eno -- The United Nations intervention in Somalia: a retrospective look and lessons for future Africa-UN partnership in conflict resolution / Issaka K. Souaré -- A contribution to the case for Somaliland's recognition / Franco Henwood -- Inimitable population dispersion: the case of the Somali diaspora / Akinloye Oje -- Conclusions / Akinloye Oje.