International leaders met Thursday to discuss terror and militant threats in Somalia and find ways to address leadership and famine woes that have dogged the nation for decades.
Representatives from 40 countries, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon attended the London conference on stabilizing and rebuilding Somalia after decades of war.
The session aims to galvanize the international community to develop a more comprehensive approach to tackling these ills, British officials said.
"We are realistic - Somalia's problems cannot be solved in a day, but its people deserve a better future, and our own security requires their country to become more stable," UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement.
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Next time I get together with my friends to watch "Black Hawk Down", I will also call it a "discussion about Somalia".
The next time I watch "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" with MY friends, I'll call it "discussion about Africa, etc. being rayped."
so how bout them somalians?
Soooo. How 'bout them Americans? Is there even enough oil and diamonds in all of Africa to satisfy their wanton obesity?
who knows.. jealous?
Americans or anybody else is not killing and starving Somalians. Other Somalians are doing that. Wanton obesity is a trait of the warlords.
REBUILD Somalia, what a Terrific idea!! Who's supposed to pay for That now? Good old Uncle Sam?
We'll sit down to discuss a remedy to the problem, and then forget about it. Sounds like a paid vacation to me!
Why do I think "world leaders" means the U.S.? IF these world leaders truly wanted to TRY and solve all these countries wars, famine, etc., then ALL of them must provide money, equipment and military assets to COMPLETELY wipe out the terrorists, problem makers, etc.! Then move on to the next country. Once the others saw this they would get into line quickly. The big problem is who takes over next? The vast majority of these countries problems stem from an outdated tribal system and history shows they cannot get along.