Somalia Conflict

"SSC" Is the Last Hope to Bridge Somalia Back Together

Sadia Ali Aden | Posted 03.25.2012

Sadia Ali Aden

Neither Somaliland nor Puntland has indicated any interest in mediating between their warring brethren in the South.

'Americans Are Creating A Monster'

New York Times | Posted 10.11.2011

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Richard Rouget, a gun for hire over two decades of bloody African conflict, is the unlikely face of the American campaign again...

Somalia: UN Says It's Time To Return To Mogadishu

Inter Press Service | Posted 05.25.2011

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jul 30 (IPS) - Somalia, a perpetually violence-prone country described as one of the world's failed states, may go t...

The US Role in Somalia's Calamity

Chris Albin-Lackey | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Albin-Lackey

US policy not only has displayed a callous disregard for the basic human rights of Somalis, but it has failed on its own terms, breeding the very extremism it sought to eliminate.

Editorial: American View On Somali Crisis Shortsighted

WardheerNews | Faisal Roble | Posted 05.25.2011

Ethiopian troops, protected by US air power, invaded Somalia on Christmas Eve of 2006 to break the chokehold of that country by Islamists. The pressi...