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We need better coordination on the international side, just as they need better and more effective efforts on the Somali side. We have too many reconstruction and development assistance plans.

It is only the Somalis themselves - and I don't hide that fact when I meet the political leaders here - they themselves have to stop their old practices of fighting each other every time they have a problem. They have to learn how to do peaceful conflict resolution.

Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told.

For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

An oversupply of national sentiment is not the problem in Somalia. The problem is a lack of it. The problem is an oversupply of sub-sub-clannish attitude.

I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that.

I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

The biggest challenge is always the governments - they try to stop all good things. I try to stay away from them as much as I can, as I know if someone can destroy something good, it's the government.

I don't recognize my people anymore. I feel Somalia is lost. There is no Somalia. It is just a name.

I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali peoples and also do our best to help them move to better times.