Posts Tagged somalia
Blaming the Wrong Party for the Trouble in Somalia
7:44 pm, August 6th, 2009 on Africa
Instead of pushing for accountability and transparency in the so-called “unity government” in Somalia led by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Clinton and Obama are blaming Eritrea for supporting Al-Shabab.
While Eritrea may be at fault in this matter, Ahmed’s incompetence and his government’s utter failure in establishing any sort of centralized control over Mogadishu, let alone all of Somalia, is to blame for this continuing mess. Read on »
Somali Fighters Share Hostages, Love
Looking for Some Lovin'?
Two French security advisers, who were kidnapped by Hizbul-Islam from their Mogadishu hotel earlier this week, are now being held by two different extremist groups in Somalia, according to sources familiar with the matter.
After disagreements between the kidnappers and the al-Shabab group, Hizbul-Islam handed one of the men over to placate the demands of the other, stronger organization.
In addition to sharing the hostages, the Islamist groups are also being accused of sharing the love. The nabbed Frenchmen were believed to possess several romance novels, pornographic magazines and videos, all of which were stolen at the time of the kidnapping. It is believed that these items are now being widely distributed among different groups across rebel-held southern Somalia. Read on »
An end to a dysfunctional policy in Somalia
3:06 am, April 13th, 2009 on Africa, Foreign Policy
Somalia has been without a functional government since the 1991 revolution against Siad Barre. Numerous warlords fought each other and remnants of the Central Government to gain control, but no one was successful. The UN and the US tried intervening between 1992-95 and failed miserably. An enduring image of this failed operation was the body of an American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. Since then, Somaliland and Puntland have declared independence, but have not been recognized by a single country.
After 2001, the US again tried intervening in Somalia by creating the Transitional Federal Government, a completely dysfunctional authority, considered to be a puppet government within Somalia. TFG has failed to unite and consolidate its power over Mogadishu, let alone all of Somalia.
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