Somalia: Time for a Shift in Focus
A new approach to Somalia is urgently needed. Somali women and men are asking for a greater say in efforts to bring about peace and security in their country.
A new approach to Somalia is urgently needed. Somali women and men are asking for a greater say in efforts to bring about peace and security in their country.
Vijaya Ramachandran | Posted 04.16.2012
This post was co-authored by Ross Thuotte. Last week, lawmakers in Somaliland (Somalia's northern, semi-autonomous region) reportedly established Som...
Sadia Ali Aden | Posted 03.25.2012
Neither Somaliland nor Puntland has indicated any interest in mediating between their warring brethren in the South.
Die Welt/Worldcrunch | Philipp Hedemann | Posted 10.31.2011
For many Africans khat is a stimulant drug that also stills hunger pangs. But the world's biggest seller of khat doesn't fit the typical profile of a ...
Timothy A. Ridout | Posted 09.12.2011
Instead of embracing and learning from indigenous Somali successes in the north, the international community undermines them by supporting the Transitional Federal Government.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A court official says a Somali judge sentenced a 72-year-old German man to four years in jail for making pornographic films...
Mike Arkus | Posted 05.25.2011
Now I'm not saying Africans don't like being photographed. Lots of them do and are anyway very gracious when they don't. But here are a few experiences on a recent trans-continental trip.
Abukar Arman | Posted 05.25.2011
The new Dual-Track approach is based on engaging diplomatically and economically any and all Somali political actors -- armed or unarmed -- as long as those entities are not supporting the extremist group al-Shabaab.
Mike Arkus | Posted 05.25.2011
The northern section of Somalia is free of the mindless violence tearing the rest of the country apart and offers rewarding sites from age-old rock paintings to spectacular escarpments to blinding white beaches.
Chris Albin-Lackey | Posted 05.25.2011
Ask people what they know about Somalia and most will probably start talking about pirates, terrorists, and Black Hawk Down. Not many would think to mention democracy or free elections as well, but they should.
Nicole Stremlau | Posted 05.25.2011
This week Somalia marked its 50th anniversary of independence from colonial rule. It could not have been celebrated more differently in the north and...
Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011
The release of two more men yet again demonstrates how hysterical and unsubstantiated are Republican claims that Guantánamo is full of hardcore terrorists.
Global Post | Posted 05.25.2011
By Tristan McConnell | GlobalPost BERBERA, Somaliland -- The slight figure of Farah Ismail Eid is a far cry from the swashbuckling, murderous imag...
Nicole Stremlau | Posted 05.25.2011
Somalilanders rightly pride themselves on succeeding without international intervention and they do not take their accomplishment of peace lightly but they may yet face one of their greatest tests.
Nicole Stremlau | Posted 05.25.2011
International collaboration and mutual understanding are key, as Somalia's concerns are best addressed from a Somali perspective.
Nicole Stremlau | Posted 05.25.2011
As the internationally recognized leader of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif has the major communications challenge of selling his government both internally and externally.
Louis Belanger | Posted 04.23.2012