Opinion

Somalia's Government, Somalia's Affair

FEB 27, 2007

In the west there is a fear of Islamic terrorism, triggered in the most part, and rightly so, by two New York skyscrapers being brought down by hijack...

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U.S. aid will help Somalia, not intervention

FEB 26, 2007

Iraq is often compared to the likeness of Vietnam, given its undefined goals. If Iraq is Vietnam, then Somalia is Cambodia in the "Domino Theory of Te...

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Listener’s Notes on Nuruddin Farah

FEB 25, 2007

On February 8, 2007, Nuruddin Farah, the renowned, an around the world revered, respected writer and as of late a yearly Nobel Prize for Literature no...

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NIGHT TIME IN MOGADISHU

FEB 24, 2007

In the capital city of Mogadishu, Somalia, saying "Good night" is quite heavy. It is more than two words because between 2:00 and 3:00 AM the ......

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Somalia Reverts to Political Fragmentation

FEB 23, 2007

As violence mounted, the T.F.G. announced on February 20 that it had formed an "anti-terrorist unit," which had been trained by Ethiopian forces and h...

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"Somalia Reverts to Political Fragmentation"

FEB 23, 2007

During the first three weeks of February, Somalia continued its slide into political fragmentation as violent attacks against occupying Ethiopian forc...

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TFG can help or heart Somalis.

FEB 22, 2007

TFG squashed the pride and dignity of Somali people when they lead the way and allowed Ethiopian war machines to march into Somalia, but they can stil...

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Governing Somalia

FEB 21, 2007

In the last throws of 2006 Ethiopian forces invaded Somalia, and with Somalia's Transitional Government (TG)forces drove the Union of Islamic Courts (...

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These Flying Rockets are Visitors of Death

FEB 20, 2007

Following a proposal passed to the UN on December, the Security Council has eased the arms embargo imposed upon Somalia in January 1992. But the softe...

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Enough is enough for the Somali people

FEB 19, 2007

How many Somalis will have to die before the so called TFG (former warlords who held Somalis hostage for 16 years) gives up their quest for power? How...

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