Somalia Government Collapse

Somalia Is Not a State

Timothy A. Ridout | Posted 09.12.2011

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Timothy A. Ridout

Instead of embracing and learning from indigenous Somali successes in the north, the international community undermines them by supporting the Transitional Federal Government.

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The US Role in Somalia's Calamity

Chris Albin-Lackey | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Ethiopian Troops Pour Into Somalia To Fight Radical Islamists

AP | MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Ethiopian troops are pouring into neighboring Somalia to fight radical Islamists who have taken over much of the country, r...

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