ABSTRACT This article examines the various deficiencies of the security agency of the Federal Government of Somalia in Mogadishu in terms of intelligence capacity, capability and competence to counter Harakaat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujaahiduun (hereafter Al-Shabaab), the militant movement fighting against the government and its external backers. Based on field-based oral and written research data in Mogadishu, the article argues that the heavy dependence of the government's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) on various external patrons essentially makes the agency less efficient and effective than Al-Shabaab's intelligence agency, the Amniyat. Looking at the internal dynamics of the government and its rival insurgency movement offers fresh anthropological insights into how the Amniyat is more dynamic than the government's intelligence agency. In spite of its internal faults and failures, the Federal Government has become stuck in an externally-imposed security architecture envisioned by the so-called ‘partners’. This has made the NISA far behind the Amniyat in terms of security provision because both opposing security agencies pursue different methods to broadcast their power and presence. Delving deeper into the inner workings of the security institutions of the NISA and the Amniyat demonstrates that the performances and practices of the two intelligence agencies reflect the acute failure that inherently characterises the government security sector.

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索马里的叛乱和国际外向性：国家情报和安全局 (NISA) 和青年党的 Amniyat

摘要 本文探讨了索马里联邦政府在摩加迪沙的安全机构在反击 Harakaat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujaahiduun（以下简称 Al-Shabaab）的情报能力、能力和能力方面的各种不足政府及其外部支持者。根据摩加迪沙的实地口头和书面研究数据，文章认为，政府的国家情报和安全局 (NISA) 对各种外部赞助者的严重依赖，本质上使该机构的效率和效力不如青年党的情报机构，阿姆尼亚特。观察政府的内部动态及其敌对的叛乱运动，提供了新的人类学见解，了解 Amniyat 如何比政府更有活力” s 情报机构。尽管存在内部错误和失败，联邦政府已经陷入所谓的“合作伙伴”设想的外部强加的安全架构中。这使得 NISA 在安全供应方面远远落后于 Amniyat，因为两个对立的安全机构都采用不同的方法来传播他们的权力和存在。深入研究 NISA 和 Amniyat 安全机构的内部运作表明，这两个情报机构的表现和做法反映了政府安全部门固有的严重失败。这使得 NISA 在安全供应方面远远落后于 Amniyat，因为两个对立的安全机构都采用不同的方法来传播他们的权力和存在。深入研究 NISA 和 Amniyat 安全机构的内部运作表明，这两个情报机构的表现和做法反映了政府安全部门固有的严重失败。这使得 NISA 在安全供应方面远远落后于 Amniyat，因为两个对立的安全机构都采用不同的方法来传播他们的权力和存在。深入研究 NISA 和 Amniyat 安全机构的内部运作表明，这两个情报机构的表现和做法反映了政府安全部门固有的严重失败。