Tag Archives : Somalia

The Afghan surge can’t defeat terrorist ideology, experts say. According to Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, ‘President Obama should have used his speech to declare victory and announce the start of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan instead of an escalation. Even if the surge achieves its immediate mission—at huge cost—the operation [...]

100 luminaries were asked, including the likes of Bill Clinton, Francis Fukuyama, and David Petraeus, about their opinions on past year events, as well as their predictions for the foreseeable future. Here are some of the 2009 reflections and 2010 predictions of big thinkers: The most significant notes are that China is ascendant, Pakistan is dangerous, [...]

A British couple, currently in the captivity of the Somali pirates have pleaded for their lives to the British government and have stated that, the pirates are fast losing their patience and might be close to killing them. The couple was kidnapped from their yacht in the month of October by Somali pirates this year and the hostage takers had demanded [...]

The U.S merchant ship, Maersk Alabama was again attacked today by Somali pirates, who hit the vessel with automatic weapons, but their assault was thwarted by a group of private security force that was on board and was responsible for the ship’s security. The Maersk Alabama was being monitored by a U.S surveillance aircraft, while the vessel [...]

Landmines are arguably the gravest threat to both humans and wildlife alike in almost 87 countries across the planet and with war times long behind us the ugly scars and the undetonated landmines still haunt those who wish to put the past behind them. In countries such as Sri Lanka over 20 elephants each year are killed by landmines while men and women [...]

Radical Islamists have moved beyond Algeria where the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is principally based. These militants have now found support among the Saharan citizens of Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. It has been observed that al-Qaeda rebel movement has been ‘increasingly threatening Africa’s Sahara belt, scaring away investors [...]

The international airport of Somalia came under heavy mortar attack yesterday in an operation conducted by one of the most ruthless terror outfits in the region, the Shabab. The attack took place at the time, when the country’s President, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed was about toe board the presidential plane. This latest attack by the insurgents [...]

According to Robert Van den Berg, a spokesman for Oxfam International in the Horn of Africa, “Somalis flee one of the world’s most brutal conflicts and a desperate drought, only to end up in unimaginable conditions in camps that are barely fit for humans.” Oxfam also asserts that ‘the international community has failed the refugees who [...]

More than half a century ago, the United States of America ‘helped rebuild a war-torn Europe’ through its Marshall Plan. Will Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Africa signal the semblance of another Marshall Plan, this time for Africa? It might do Africa a world of good since the continent has been subsisting on foreign aid over the past four [...]

Scott Carney published an interesting article in Wired about the relationship between capitalism and piracy in Somalia. In addition to generating controversy with the union of the two issues, the editors decided to launch a game on your site called “Cutthroat Capitalism” to illustrate and make the content a little more interactive. Carney explained [...]