In October 2011, a coordinated multinational operation began against Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia, with the Ethiopian military ultimately joining the mission this month.(Bussinessweek,2011) The newly elected government was established on August 20, 2012, and was named the Federal Government in Somalia, representing the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected as the new Somali government's first President, with the Ethiopian authorities welcoming his selection and newly-appointed Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn attending Mohamud's inauguration ceremony. Relation between Somalia and Djibouti
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Djibouti has a stable elected government by its constitution. Presently Djibouti has been an active participant in the Somalian peace process. It has consistently supported Somalian peace process with the African union. “Pan-somali nationalism complicated the issue of the ultimate character of French Somaliland in 1960s and 1970s. The French colony voted in favor of continued association with the French rather than independence in 1966 and changed its name to the French territory of the Afars and Issas. Somalia along with Egypt, championed the cause of independence for the colony in this period” (Samatar, 1994). Djibouti shares land borders with both Somalia and Ethiopia, and it was believed that it was in the long-term interests of the Horn of Africa region. In an attempt to initiate peace talks between the provisional government and the Somali National Movement (SNM), Djibouti's president, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, offered his capital as a neutral meeting place. In June 1991, Djibouti served as the venue for a national reconciliation conference between the USC and several other groups. Contrary to a layman’s perception of such mediation offered by Djibouti to be a selfless act, one also has to keep in mind the vast majority of the population of Djibouti consisted of ethnic
Djibouti has a stable elected government by its constitution. Presently Djibouti has been an active participant in the Somalian peace process. It has consistently supported Somalian peace process with the African union. “Pan-somali nationalism complicated the issue of the ultimate character of French Somaliland in 1960s and 1970s. The French colony voted in favor of continued association with the French rather than independence in 1966 and changed its name to the French territory of the Afars and Issas. Somalia along with Egypt, championed the cause of independence for the colony in this period” (Samatar, 1994). Djibouti shares land borders with both Somalia and Ethiopia, and it was believed that it was in the long-term interests of the Horn of Africa region. In an attempt to initiate peace talks between the provisional government and the Somali National Movement (SNM), Djibouti's president, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, offered his capital as a neutral meeting place. In June 1991, Djibouti served as the venue for a national reconciliation conference between the USC and several other groups. Contrary to a layman’s perception of such mediation offered by Djibouti to be a selfless act, one also has to keep in mind the vast majority of the population of Djibouti consisted of ethnic